MINNESOTA

Census Reports

1930 & 1940

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UPDATED JULY 5, 2022

 

MINNESOTA 1930 CENSUS

 

JULIAN PUTNAM  Anoka, Anoka County

He is 45 MN NY US and works for the railroad. His wife Emma Margaret Johnson is 34 MN and they have Julie 12, Raymond 10, Louise 8, Lowell 6, Merrill 5 and Willard 3 all MN. He is a son of Eugene Elmer Putman and Viola Johnson from Big Lake Sherburne County. He has been there through the 1920 and recently moved over here. He was born March 15, 1885 and will die in St. Paul (at a hospital) on December 15, 1958. Emma was born April 3, 1896 and will die here in Anoka on October 16, 1977. The son Lowell Martin Putnam was born in Big Lake October 21, 1923 and came here with his folks in 1928. He flew airplanes for the Navy in WWII. He married Eleanor Andrews of Anoka in 1949. He died at a nursing home in St. Cloud March 15, 2009 and Eleanor was still alive at the time.

 

FRANK H. (HARWOOD) PUTNAM  Federal Dam, Cass County

He is 61 MA MA MA and the Village Postmaster. His wife Jennie is 63 SWED, and they have Louisa M. 17 MN. Jennie is his second wife and I think her name is Erickson. He is Frank Harwood Putnam, born February 1, 1869 in Sutton, Mass. He is a son of Peter Holland and Harriet Augusta Putnam. He was in Duluth, St. Louis County single in 1900, and married here in 1910 and 1920. Frank will die here May 29, 1947.

 

WALTER N. PUTNAM  Trelipe, Cass County

He is 18 WI CAN MN and lives with his mother Laura Hill 36 MN and his stepfather Gustav Bliesner as he did in 1920 in Crow Wing County. Laura was married to Percival Putnam from Canada in Bayfield County Wisconsin in 1910. They were divorced as he was in Douglas County Wisconsin in 1920 with another wife Bertha who is widowed now in 1930 back there. These folks are in Cass County in 1930. OBITS has Walter born February 6, 1912 and died in Pine River Crow Wing County April 16, 1977.

 

AVIS PUTNAM  Lindstrom, Chisago County

She is 21 ND MN MN single and works in a beauty shop. She was here with her parents Ernest Putnam and Jessie Clark in 1920. They’ve moved to Wright County now.

 

WANDA L. PUTTMAN  Moe, Douglas County

She is 11 IA IA IA and lives with her mother Cora A. 35 IA and her stepfather Nevas Zimmerman 37 IA. She was with her mother and father L. H. Putman in Woodbury County Iowa in 1920.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Blue Earth, Faribault County

He is 73 VT VT VT and his wife Jennie Rector is 62 NY. He is still a lawyer. Frank Eddy Putnam is a son of John Henry Putnam (2825) and Alice Augusta Eddy. John Henry was a son of Asher Putnam number 1271. He was a State Senator here in the 1910 time range. He will die here July 6, 1944.

 

RECTOR PUTNAM  Blue Earth, Faribault County

Harold Rector or Rector Harold Putnam is a son of Frank Eddy Putnam and Jennie Rector from here. He is now 35 MN VT NY and his wife of 3 years Esther G. is 34 MN. He is an attorney at law just like his dad. Probably works for him. OBITS has him born September 3, 1894 and died in Blue Earth in March 1984.

 

JAMES M. PUTNAM  Lura, Faribault County

He is 51 IL MA MA and a farmer. His wife Sina Osmundson is 62 NORWAY and Herbert M. 18 IL. He is a son of Horace Thomas Putnam and was born in Chicago. Horace was a son of James M. and Elizabeth Putnam from Ludlow, Massachusetts. They were here in 1920. OBITS has his birth as October 2, 1878 and death as December 30, 1964 here in Faribault County.

 

HENRY O. (OAKES) PUTNAM  Preston, Fillmore County

He is 37 MN MN MN and is a County Agent. His wife Hazel Bacon is 34 NE and they have Mary C. 3 SD and Herbert B. 2 CA. He is a son of Herbert Asa Putnam and Celia Oakes from Otter Tail County. He was home there in 1920 and all over in the past nine years that they have been married.

 

ROBERT W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Red Wing, Goodhue County

He is 49 MN MA MN and lists himself as a bank president like his dad. Being younger he probably runs the place. His wife Winifred Lewis is 40 MN and they have Marjorie and her twin Robert Lee both 17 MN. He is a son of William Herrick Putnam and his first wife Adeline Rowele. He will be here until he dies in 1967. Robert Lee was born May 26, 1912 and will die in Hennepin County June 29, 1979.

 

WILLIAM H. (HERRICK) PUTNAM  Red Wing, Goodhue County

He is 82 MA MA MA and the president of a bank. His wife Nellie L. Butts is 69 NY. He is number 3193, son of William Richardson Putnam number 1542. He married Nellie here on July 10, 1894. His first wife Adeline Rowele had died in 1890. He will die here on November 26, 1935 and Nellie on December 14, 1943.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Excelsior, Hennepin County

He is 64 IL NY VT and his wife Harriet Miller is 60 IL. He is a salesman for cash registers. He is a son of Parker Putnam and Laura Austin of Peoria County Illinois. He was home there in 1880 and was in Peoria in 1900 with Hattie and the first two children, and here in 1910 as was his widowed mother.

 

HART C. (CHARLES) PUTNAM  Island Park, Hennepin County

He is 47 IL IL OH and his wife Corrine 46 MN. He is a grain salesman. They were in Minneapolis in 1920. He is a son of Abraham Putman and Emma Holmes and was born in Cass County Illinois but has been in Minneapolis since the 1890s. Hart will die here November 26, 1935. Dutch family out of New York.

 

ABRAM PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 77 IL NY NY widowed and living in a hotel. He has been here for ages. He is a son of William Brower Garrett Putman and Martha Elkins, New York Dutch family. He was born in Schuyler County Illinois. His wife Emma Holmes has died September 1, 1928. He’ll be here till he dies January 30, 1941.

 

ALICE E. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 44 MN ME SWIT and single. She is a daughter Frank Putnam and Mary Christian from here. She was with her widowed dad here in 1920, and he died here January 7, 1929. Alice will still be single and die here January 26, 1977.

 

ARCHIE PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 45 IA IL SCOT and his wife Lillian W. is 45 WI. He’s not working. He is David Archibald Jr., a son of David Archibald Putman and Ellen White from Dubuque, Iowa. He was widowed there in 1920. OBITS has his birth as December 27, 1884 and death in St. Paul in October 1968.

 

AURELIA PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 56 MN FR CAN and widowed. She has Bernice Putnam 12 MN US US listed as an adopted daughter. She is a nurse. They are both here in 1940. She looks to be Lenora Aurelia Morgan the widow of Pliny Dewey Putnam and shown in Tampa Florida in 1910. He died there May 12, 1912 and she came back up here where she was born.

 

CAROLINE PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 62 WI NOR NOR and widowed. She lives with what looks like her sisters Anna and Maybelle Olson. She is here in 1935 and 1940. She would seem to be Caroline Olson with folks from Norway. No ideas as to whom she married.

 

EMMA PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 60 MN and says she is married. She would be Emily Kirkpatrick who was very briefly married to Hiram Morgan Putnam here in 1920. She is still here in 1940 and finally admits divorced.

 

FRANK H. (HOWARD) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 63 IA NH OH and is an accountant. He has a new wife Isabel L. 42 IA and they have been married 7 years. He had been married to Maude Pickthal from the 1890s through the 1920. He is a son of Charles Edward Putnam and Mary Ellen Fawcett from Nashua, New Hampshire. He was born in Linn County Iowa and was there with his folks in 1870 and 1880 and with his wife Maude there in 1900 and here in 1920. She and their daughter Eleanor are in Los Angeles now. He will die here July 21, 1941.

 

FRANK R. (RANSOM) PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 48 WI WI WI and is a shoveler at a grain elevator. His wife Helen Maude Eager is 35 MN, Frances C. 17 MN, Eugene F. 10 MN and Shirley A. 7 MN. They have been in Orono, Hennepin County in 1920 and he was single there in 1910. He was single in Janesville, Rock County Wisconsin in 1900. He is Frank Ransom Putnam and is the son of Fred Putnam and Cynthia Eldridge. He was born March 15, 1881 in Poysippi, Waushara County Wisconsin so missed the 1880 census by a few months. He is never shown at home but his parents are in Richfield, Wood County, Wisconsin in 1900. New England gang.

 

FRED W. (WARREN) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 45 MN MA NH and is a lawyer. His wife Margaret Bunting is 41 VA and they now have Margaret D. 15, Mary P. 14, Frederick W. Jr. 12, Grace A. 10, Eleanor L. 7 and Elizabeth 3 all MN. He is a son of William Herrick Putnam and Adeline Rowle, and was at home in Goodhue County in 1900 and marred there in 1920. His dad was a bank president and now his brother Robert has the job back there. Frederick will die here September 25, 1954. Fred Jr. was born June 17, 1917 and died in Edina Minnesota June 7, 2007. He married Helen Prouse and became a Bishop in the Episcopal Church and remained one until his death.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 54 WI US MN and his wife Lora is 53 KS. He is a packer at a furniture company.

 

GEORGE H. (HALL) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 69 MN MA MA and his second wife Lilla G. Hendrixson is 63 OH. He is a cashier at a grocery store. He is a son of George Whitmore Putnam of Anoka County where he was born. He was here in 1900 and 1910. He married Della Sowden in Anoka December 28, 1884. She died April 15, 1899 and he widowed back in 1900. He then married Lilla Genevieve Hendrixson in 1905. He was born in January 1861 and will die here March 11, 1946. Lilla is a daughter of Henry Roe Hendrixson and Harriett Ellen McMillen and was born in Neville, Ohio January 29, 1867 and will die here in Hennepin County June 14, 1933.

 

GEORGINA PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 48 MN and widowed. Her twin daughters Hattie A. and May O. are now 27 MN IL MN. In 1910 she and the girls were living with her folks the Hansons in Kandiyohi County and they were there still in 1920. There was an Edward Putnam born in Illinois living alone there in 1900. She must have married him and then he died or took off on them. She hasn’t tried it again. The girls are office workers in a road building machinery company. Edward was from the New York Dutch line. They are here in 1940 and she then admits to being divorced.

 

HARRY B. (BROWER) PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 49 IL ILOH. His wife Blanche D. Beck is 47 IA and her mother Mary Beck 72 NY is with them. Harry is a son of Abraham Putman from here. The family is Dutch. See the 1900.

 

HERBERT D. (DONALD) PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 39 MO ENG IRE and his wife Maude Bartlett is 34 IA. He is an airplane pilot. He is a son of Louis Daniel and Laura Putnam from St. Louis Missouri. He was in Des Moines, Iowa alone, but said that he was married, in 1920. He married Maude Bartlett White in Council Bluffs, Iowa September 1, 1923, so that’s confusing. Maude Bartlett though was previously married to Nicholas White on November 24, 1915. Herbert was born October 12, 1891 in Missouri and will die in Glendale, Los Angeles County California January 15, 1976. Then it gets interesting. In 1935 he is with his widowed mother Laura in St. Joseph, Missouri and then they are in Burbank, Los Angeles County California in 1940 and no Maude around. Maude seems to prefer marriages that last less than 8-10 years then off to another fella for a while.

 

HOLLIS PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 46 MN and widowed as Josephine Michaud has died September 6, 1926. Also here are his kids, Perry 21 MN, Arnold 23 MN, Lois 18 MN, Loraine 16 MN, Harold 14 MN, and Donald 10 MN. He is Hollis Harry a son of Joseph Louis Putnam and Josephine Leighton. Hollis was born here February 26, 1884 and will die in Tombstone, Arizona January 18, 1955. New York Dutch.

 

HOMER C. PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 66 IL NY CT and an inmate at the Minnesota State Soldiers Home. He is a son of John Cornelius Putman and Martha Sacket from Rushville, Schuyler County Illinois. He will die here December 12, 1936. New York Dutch family.

 

IRVING L. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 47 MN MA IL single and boarding. He is a carpenter, and a son of Lorenzo B. Putnam from here in town. He will be here until he dies April 17, 1947.

 

JOHN S. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 22 MN MN MN single and boarding. He is a clerk in a grocery store. He is a son of William Henry and Minnie Putnam from Big Lake, Sherburne County. He was home there in 1910 and 1920.

 

JOHN S. PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 42 PA NY PA single and lodging. He is an insurance Salesman.

 

JOSEPH F. PUTNAM  Milwaukee, Hennepin County

He is 31 MN NY MN and a cook in a cafe. He has been married 9 years to Fern M. Cook 28 MN. They have Joseph Jr. 8, Laura L. 6, Lyle E. 5, Charles L. 3 and Fern 1 all MN. Also here is his sister Minnie (Myrtle) Reeves (Reed in 1920) and a niece Beatrice Lamora who is the daughter of his widowed sister Edna. He is a son of Joseph L. and Josephine Putman from here. He was here with the folks in 1910 and then in 1920 the folks were in St. Paul and I don’t find him then. The son Lyle was born January 31, 1925 and will die here in Hennepin County October 10, 1968. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

JOSEPH L. (LOUIS) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 74 NY NY CAN and widowed since his wife Josephine Leighton has died. He has his daughter Pearl 20 MN and now his widowed daughter Frances Chesbro 37 MN. He’s still working in a flourmill. He is a son of Hollis and Charlotte Putnam from Montgomery County New York and then Will County Illinois. Dutch folks.

 

LORETTA A. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 21 MN and a waitress in a cafe. She lives with her parents John and Loretta Grasse and has her daughter Margaret 3 5/12 MN. She is married to Robert Edson Putnam who is also living alone here in Minneapolis. They will be getting divorced soon. See is listing below. She will have a son Robert in 1932 and they are all still with her folks here in 1940.

 

LOUIS F. (FRANKLIN) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 54 ME US US. His wife Lillian M. is 53 MN and Vera is 30 MN. He is a son of Franklin Putnam and has been here in Minneapolis most all of his life.

 

MARY E. PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 71 IA and widowed. Her daughter Edith is 48 MN and still single. Mary E. Turnbull was married to Lorenzo B. Putnam from Massachusetts. They were here since 1880.

 

MINNIE E. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 52 MN and her son Maurice 22 MN. Minnie Leighton is now the widow of George Y. Putman from here. They were here in 1910 and 1920. Maurice is a newspaper reporter. He will be an editor and will be married here in 1940. New York Dutch folks.

 

NED B. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 73 PA VT PA and his wife Frances Callie Frost is 49 VA. He’s retired now but he ran a saloon called Put’s Bar for years. He is a son of George and Rebecca Putnam. He was in McKean County Pennsylvania in 1860 and in Warren County Pennsylvania in 1870 with his then widowed mother Rebecca Rider Putnam. By 1880 he was back in McKean County. He and Callie are here in 1910 and 1920. His dad George is a son of George Putnam (1182) and Salina Thayer of Washington County Vermont and then by 1850 in Jay, Essex County NY. They have been here since the 1890s.

 

RICHARD A. (AUSTIN) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 36 IL IL IL and his wife Florence De Montreville is 36 MN. They have been married 8 years. In 1920 he was with his folks in Excelsior, Hennepin County. He is a son of Frank Hiram Putnam and Hattie Miller originally from Peoria, Illinois where Richard was born. Family has been here since the early 1900s though. His folks are still in Excelsior. He was born October 26, 1893 and will die in Austin, Hennepin County on January 21, 1955. There is a death certificate for Florence in Lamar, Missouri. It states her folks as Clarence De Montreville and Alice Leppen and she was born in St. Paul, Minnesota March 6, 1893. She was divorced at the time of her death. She was killed in an automobile collision on Route 71 in Lamar on December 2, 1936. Her folks were living in St. Louis, and she may have been going there to see them. Richard will marry Margery Davey, who was also a widow, and they are here in 1940.

 

ROBERT E. (EDSON) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 23 MN IL IL living with his married Sister Frances 33 IL and her husband Harold Warmington 33 IA. He works at a post office and says he is married. His wife Loretta A. Grasse is here in town living with her folks, so a kinda separation as they are getting divorced soon. He is a son of Frank Hiram Putnam and Hattie Miller originally from Peoria, Illinois. Family has been here since the early 1900s though. His folks are still in Excelsior. He was born in Excelsior September 21, 1906 and will die in San Diego, California October 5, 1996. Seems he went to San Diego in the 1930s as he signed up for the draft there October 16, 1940 and listed his sister Frances Warmington as his next of kin. He applied for a marriage certificate in Clark County Washington April 20, 1943 with Dagney Peterson and it says he is divorced and in the Navy and she is a nurse and her folks were from Denmark. They both say they live in San Diego, California and he has been on a ship out of Bremerton, Washington for the past year or so.

 

ROY W. (WARREN) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 42 MN MA MN and a decorator for a contractor. His wife Ethel Irene Temple is 37 WI and they have Dorothy 8 MN and Marian 6 MN. They were married in April 1920, but he was single and living with his folks in 1920 when the census was taken in January. He is a son of Lorenzo and Mary Putnam from here in Minneapolis and Becket, Massachusetts before that. He was born here in Minneapolis on April 14, 1888 and he will die here January 29, 1932. Ethel is a daughter of James Temple and Susan Sanderson. She was born June 4, 1893 in Cambria, Wisconsin and will die here July 16, 1953.

 

WILLIAM E. (EDWARD) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 50 SD VT IN and is a conductor on the railroad for the Pulman Company. Those were the cars that had sleeping compartments. Being a Pulman porter was reserved for blacks and the service was great. Conductors were of course whites. I remember going Pulman when we moved from Illinois to Connecticut in the early 1940s and we were really catered to. You had exclusive rights to the dining room car and it was kinda like being in a hotel that was long and thin. Anyway, his wife Alma Emma Buisson is 39 MN (they were married later in life) and Josephine is 9 MN. Her mother Mary Buisson 76 and her sister Angeline Etta 52 are still with them as they were in 1920. He is a son of Hosea Ballou Putnam and Matilda Dunhill. He is William Edward Putnam, and was in Lac Qui Parle County with his folks in 1880. The family then moved to South Dakota and his dad Hosea Ballou Putnam died there in 1894. I don’t find the family there in 1900 however. His uncle Kitterage Putnam was there though. They were here in 1920. William will die in Wright County September 23, 1951.

 

WILLIAM G. (GORDON) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 29 MN NY NOR and his wife Theresa is 26 IA. He is a laborer at odd jobs. He is a son of William Russell Putnam and Anna Stevenson from White Oak, Hubbard County. He was born May 23, 1901 and will die here January 20, 1963.

 

FRED PUTMAN  Caledonia, Houston County

He is 52 WI and an inmate at the Houston County Almshouse. He is the son of Jacob Putman and Mary Frances Marr of Wautoma, Waushara County, Wisconsin. He was home there in 1880, and in Sayerville, Waukesha County, Wisconsin in 1900, and in Monroe County, Wisconsin in 1910. He never married, and hasn’t been doing too well it seems. He was here in 1920 will be here still in 1940. He was born June 6, 1878 in Wisconsin and will die July 15, 1945. Dutch family.

 

FRANK E. (ERNEST) PUTNAM  Hubbard, Hubbard County

He is 69 IL VT IL. His new wife Nellie Longworth is 45 MN and she has three kids from an earlier marriage. Stanley 21, Clifford 19 and Rachel 17 named Scully and born MN. He is a son of Kitterage Putnam and was born in Kane County Illinois in 1859 and was there in 1860. In 1880 he was in Lac qui Parle County with his dad. In 1900 he and his first wife Maggie Houck were in Grant County South Dakota. They were back Minnesota in 1910. Maggie died November 9, 1917 and Frank was widowed in Lac qui Parle County in 1920. He married Nellie Mabel Longworth June 19, 1920 in Madison, Minnesota. She was born November 17, 1883 in Nassau, Minnesota. She first married Michael Scully February 26, 1906 and he died January 10, 1917. She will die August 1, 1962 in San Diego County California. He is a farmer, and will be here until he dies March 24, 1934. Nellie is widowed in Montebello, Los Angeles County California in 1940 working as a housekeeper.

 

A. (ANDREW) N. (NEWTON) PUTNAM  Rockwood, Hubbard County

He is 56 MN NH WI and owns a farm. His wife Sarah Jane Arnold is 56 CAN. Also here is his father Willard James Putnam 79 NH who says he is single. Willard was first in Douglas County in 1880, but I can’t place him back in New Hampshire. Andrew was born there and was here since. Willard has been in Montana for the past 20 or so years. Andrew will be here till he dies December 5, 1943. Willard will die here February 3, 1941.

 

LEVI PUTNAM  Todd, Hubbard County

He is 69 NY NY NY and still single and boarding. He works for a logging company. He is a son of Lewis and Lavinia Putman and was in Olmstead County with them in 1880. He has been here since the 1895.

 

SOLON H. PUTNAM  Todd, Hubbard County

He is 69 NY NY NY and his wife Louisa K. Hood is 69 PA. He has been in South Dakota since the 1880s. His wife Julia died there about 1921 or so and he married Louisa out there August 22, 1923. Solon will die in Otter Tail County September 9, 1953. He is a son of Lovell Kimball Putnam and Almira Smith from Peru, Clinton County New York. Lovell was a son of Archelaus Putnam and Deborah Kimball from there and Vermont before that.

 

ERNEST H. (HILTON) PUTNAM  Walter, Lac Qui Parle County

He is 38 SD IL MN. Louise his wife of almost 10 years is 29 MN AUSTRIA, and they have Viola C. 8 MN and Dolores M. 7 MN. He is a son of Frank Putman and was here with him in 1920. Ernest will die here December 26, 1940.

 

FRANCIS D. (DELBERT) PUTMAN  Elm Creek, Martin County

He is 29 IA IA MO and is a farmer. He says he is married for a year, but is by himself now. He is a son of Francis Ashbury Putnam and Clara Harrington from Pochahontas County Iowa. He was still home there in 1920.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Little Falls, Morrison County

He is 63 MN MA MA. His wife Minnie Hatch is 58 MN Leota 24 MN and Mary 19 MN. He is a son of John Elmer, and was in Sherburne County from the time he was born through the 1910 census and then here by 1920.

 

NILES C. (CURTIS) PUTMAN  Lyle, Mower County

He is 50 IA ME PA and his wife Edna M. Cobb is 53 IA. He handles the mail sorting for the railroad. They live with her folks Willis and Abbie Cobb. Edna was born October 14, 1876 and will die August 10, 1971. He is a son of George Putnam and Adelia Medbury from Linn County Iowa. He and Edna were in Steele County Minnesota in 1905 and in Winneshiek County Iowa in 1920 and then back here now. Niles will die here October 17, 1954.

 

BERNICE PUTNAM  St. Peter, Nicollet County

She is 30 ND NY VT and is a patient in the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane. She is a daughter of Frederick and Lena Putnam from St. Paul. She was with her widowed mother there in 1920. She is also listed with her mother now too. In 1935 and 1940 she will be in the State Epileptic Institution in Cambridge, Isanti County.

 

EDWARD PUTMAN  Winchester, Norman County

He is 40 SD GER GER. His wife Ellen Rachel Partlow is 36 MN and they have Ralph 17 ND, Glen Howard 8 SD. They were married in James, North Dakota December 2, 1911. A relative says that on July 28, 1937 in Moline, Illinois Ed shot and killed his wife and then shot and killed himself. There was a note that she was shot by her husband, Ed Putnam, who then shot himself. He had been drinking. Ellen had a restraining order saying he was not to come near the house because he had been abusive in the past. He broke in through the basement and shot her. I don’t know his folks except their names were Matthew W. Bakkala and Lyti Bakkala from Finland. I found his WWI Draft Registration card. It states he was born in Watertown, Codington County South Dakota on November 15, 1888. At the time he was 28 so the card was filed in 1917 and he then lived in Kensal, North Dakota. He had a farm in Kensal, Stutsman County with a wife and one son. They were in the North Dakota 1915 and 1925 Censuses. I can’t find them in 1920 yet. The son Ralph was born July 6, 1912 and will die in Moline, Illinois June 2, 1988. Glenn Howard was born in South Dakota August 13, 1922 and will die in Shreveport, Louisiana August 11, 1972. He married Florence Jacobs.

 

CHARLES E. PUTMAN  Kalmar, Olmsted County

He is 29 MN MN MN. His wife Loretta Helen Quandt is 25 MN. He owns a farm, probably the one his dad had here. He is an adopted son of Charles Putman and Mary Carlson and was born here. He was with his widowed mother here in 1920. He was born September 28, 1900, and will be here till he dies December 21, 1972. Loretta will die here herself September 20, 1986.

 

VERA PUTTMAN  Rochester, Olmsted County

She is 20 MN US US and single. She is a daughter of Louis Franklin Putnam from Minneapolis. She’s been at home up till now.

 

RAY PUTMAN  Viola, Olmsted County

He is 19 MN MN MN single and works on a farm. He should be the son of Edgar Putnam and Lelia Crawford from Wabasha County.

 

ALFRED T. (TYLER) PUTNAM  Amor, Otter Tail County

He is 28 MN MN MN. His brother Kenneth E. (Ellery) is 26 MN MN MN and his sister Helen is 35 MN MN MN. They are all children of Herbert Asa Putnam and Celia Oakes from here. The two sons own the farm now. Alfred was born October 19, 1901 and will be here until he dies December 3, 1952. He will marry Helen Evangeline Bergerud here on July 15, 1943. She was a daughter of Hans Bergerud and Ellevine Boe and was born in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County October 17, 1911 and died December 21, 1998. Kenneth was born in Otter Tail County August 6, 1903 and will die in Minneapolis June 13, 1999. He will marry Florence Josephine Barry. Florence was born in Minneapolis September 17, 1912 and will die there December 2, 2003

 

TYLER S. (SAMUEL) PUTNAM  Amor, Otter Tail County

He is 53 MN MA MA. Mary Clow Patelle his wife is 52 PA and they have Ruth 16 MN, Paul N. 10. Also here is his sister Mary Ann 72 MN and still single. He owns a dairy farm. He is a son of Henry Putnam and Caroline Newton originally from Sutton, Mass. He was here in 1900 with his mother who was by then a widow and has been married here ever since. Mary was born November 13, 1877 and will die here in Amor May 5, 1956.

 

WORTHY PUTNAM  Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County

He is 37 MN MN WI and owns a farm. His wife Florence Schreiner is 37 MN and they have Worthy Luman Jr. 13 MN, Lois R. 9 MN and Beth F. 3 MN. He is a son of Frank Putnam and Hannah Robinson and was was born here November 20, 1892. Worthy will die here June 21, 1954. Florence is a daughter of Jacob Franklin Schreiner and Emilu Lunsten and was born in Minnesota August 28, 1892 and will die in Lincoln, Nebraska July 30, 1893. Worthy Junior was born April 16, 1917 and will marry Joan October 26, 1939. Joan is a daughter of Andrew O. Grina and Lillie Isador Carter and was born in Ambrose, Divide County North Dakota February 11, 1918. She will die in Seabrook, Harris County Texas November 22, 2000. He will die in Houston, Harris County Texas October 6, 1977, and be buried back here in Pelican Rapids. New England family. Sutton, Massachusetts to Stockton, New York and out here.

 

FRANK S. (SHADRACK) PUTNAM  Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County

He is 71 MN NY NY and lives by himself. He says he is married, and his wife Hannah Robinson is now living with their son Oren Putnam. Frank is a son of Luman Putnam and was born here.

 

OREN F. PUTMAN  Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County

He is 43 MN MN WI and is a farmer. His wife Minnie M. Larson is 42 MN, Aileen L. 13 MN and Frank S. 11 MN. Also here is his mother Hannah 63 WI. Hannah Robinson is the wife of Frank Putnam from here. She says she is married, but Frank is living back home by himself. Oren was born here. His dad was from Wright County.

 

H. (HOWARD) LEE PUTNAM  Arlone, Pine County

He is 49 MN MN MN and owns his farm. His wife Mary Sell is 40 MN and they now have Alice E. 21, Agnes H. 18, Luella M. 15, Floyd E. 13, Leona E. (Eileen) 11, Lester R. (Russell) 9, Eugene H. 6 and Florence E. 3 all MN. He is a son of Charles Henry Putnam and Elizabeth Bowen. Lee and Mary were in Kanabec County in 1910 and here in 1920. Pine and Kanabec Counties abut each other up in the middle of nowhere. Dutch family. OBITS has the son Lester born March 31, 1911 and died October 17, 1997. Floyd E. will die in Meeker County December 16, 1950.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Pokegama, Pine County

He is 44 MN NY CAN. He is still living with his widowed mother Elizabeth 78 CAN. Elizabeth Bowen is the widow of Charles Henry Putnam. They were in Wright County in 1880 and in Kanabec County in 1900, and she was widowed there in 1910 and here in 1920. Frank is a farmer. He will marry a previously married Helen and be here in 1940. Dutch family.

 

GLADYS PUTNAM  Crookston, Polk County

She is 43 MN MN MN and still single. She is a public school teacher. She is a daughter of George Putnam from Minneapolis. She was born November 25, 1886 and will die in Minneapolis in July 1968. She never married.

 

CALEB PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is Edwin Caleb Putnam 63 NH NH NH and is a traveling salesman for glassware. He is a son of Edwin Lombard Putnam and Emaline Wright from Cheshire County New Hampshire. His wife Amelia, Lillian Aurelia Boyington, is 47 CAN. He will die here February 24, 1937 and she, listed then as Lillian, is widowed here in 1940.

 

CHARLES H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 61 MA MA MA and his wife Mary Barnard Clark is 58 MA MA MA. He is a car builder for the railroad. Doing okay I guess as he has a maid and a cook. He is a son of Henry Osmere Putnam and Sarah Ann Smith. He was born in Fitchburg. He married Mary in St. Paul in 1901, and they were in Spokane, Washington in 1910 and 1920. He will die in St. Paul in 1948. He and Mary took a boat trip down the River to New Orleans in 1939. Record says he was born in Fitchburg September 14, 1868 and Mary was born in Dorchester (part of Boston) August 20, 1871. They also took a boat to Bermuda in October 1933. At that time they lived at 467 Holly Avenue in St. Paul.

 

DAISY F. (FREDERICK) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

She is 58 IN IN IN and widowed. Her son George Force Putnam is 26 IN and single. They live with her unmarried sister Shirley B. Frederick 57 IN. Daisy was married to Charles Walter Putnam in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1910 and 1920. They were married in Indiana January 5, 1899 and in Floyd County Indiana in the 1900 census. Charles died in Iowa January 17, 1923. Daisy was born December 21, 1871 and will die in Omaha, Nebraska January 14, 1964. Her son George Force will marry Gail Bidleman and they will later be in Boston, Massachusetts. Her stepson John Stroud Putnam is now married in Denver, Colorado. He was a son of Charles and his first wife Dora Stroud.

 

DAVID R. (RAMSEY) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 43 OH OH OH and assistant superintendent of the General Electric Power Company. His wife Bess Whipple is 41 MN and they have Lucius W. 16 MN, David R. 9 MN and John Douglas 5 MN. OBITS has the son Lucius born June 19, 1913 and died here in St. Paul July 15, 1993.

 

DOUGLAS PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 69 OH OH WV and his wife Florence Boyd is 61 OH. He is treasurer for a corporation. She will die here September 16, 1938.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 64 IL IL WI and divorced. He lives with his married daughter Hattie 31 MN and her husband Thomas Nielson 36 MN. He is a son of Marvin K. Putnam and Ann Gennette Wheeler from Winnebago County Illinois. Marvin was a son of John Wellington Putnam and Minerva Scott from New York and then here in Winnebago County. Marvin died there March 25, 1866. His widow Hettie married Seymour Barker in 1868 and Frank was with them in Winnebago County in 1870 and Freeborn County Minnesota in 1880. Frank and his wife Sadie Bennett were here in 1900 through 1920. He will be here until he dies in 1942.

 

FRANK D. (DANIEL) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 54 MN MA MN and is manager of a wholesale furniture firm. His wife Marie Carolyn Jorgenson is 48 MN and they have Katherine E. 19, Adeline N. 16, Ruth C. 13 and Susanne 12 all MN. He is a son of William Herrick Putnam and his first wife Adeline Rowle from Red Wing, Goodhue County. He was there in 1900 through 1920.

 

FRED A. PUTMAN  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 41 NE US US and his wife Olga is 42 GERMANY. He is assistant manager of the Public Works Department. He is a son of Willis and Anna Putnam (from NY) and was with then in 1900 in Omaha, Douglas County Nebraska. He and Olga were just outside Minneapolis in 1920. OBITS has his birth as July 18, 1887 and death here in St. Paul on October 15, 1967. Olga was born April 7, 1886 and will die here in St. Paul May 15, 1968.

 

GEORGE A. (AUGUSTINE) PUTMAN  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 77 MA MA MA and widowed. He is listed as an uncle of Charles Joy and his sister Lillian Joy from New Hampshire. He is George Augustine Putnam a son of Philander Putnam and Harriet Prentice from Worcester Massachusetts. He was born in Northbridge June 7, 1852. Philander is number 2177, a son of Cyrus Putnam (921) and Lucinda Hathaway of Sutton. He was married to Anna Mary Joy but she obviously died. They were in Worcester, Massachusetts from the 1890s through 1920. George will die here June 23, 1931.

 

GEORGE F. (FREDERICK) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 38 MN NH NH and he runs a retail refrigerator store. His wife Hazel Louise Moody is 37 ND and they have George 15 MN, Robert 13 ND, and Hazel Louise 9 MN. He is a son of Hiram Putnam and Winnie Williams from Traverse County. He was there in 1900 and in 1910, and in Richland County North Dakota in 1920. George was born June 10, 1891 in Tintah, Traverse County and will die in Mendota Heights, Dakota County Minnesota October 31, 1945. Hazel was born in Richland County South Dakota in February 1892 and will die here in Ramsey County August 5, 1938. The son George will begin a career in broadcasting here in 1934 and go on to be a news anchor in Los Angeles television for many many years.

 

HYMAN PUTMAN  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He and his wife Sarah are Russian. The name looks like Rutman or something.

 

ISRAEL PUTMAN  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 42 WI WI WI and a single Negro. He is a barber. He will die here September 24, 1944.

 

JOSEPHINE PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

She is 76 NY and now says she is widowed, but was divorced in 1910. Anyway, she still has Pearl 54 and Ruth 44. She is Josephine Vermilyea 66 NY, and she is the ex-wife of James L. Putnam, and was married in Yellow Medicine County in 1900. She was there in 1910 but divorced at that point. Ruth was born May 22, 1885 and will die here February 15, 1969. She never married. Pearl will die here November 25, 1952.

 

LENNA PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

She is 58 VT and still widowed. Her daughter Bernice 28 ND is listed with her but is also listed as a patient at the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane now. Lenna is the widow of Frederick S. Putnam. They were in Fargo, Cass County North Dakota in 1900, and she was widowed here in 1910 and 1920.

 

SIDNEY W. PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 30 MN MN MN and a salesman for a wholesale bakery. His wife of 8 years Mina Adams is 31 MN and they have John A. 7, Jane M. 5, Robert A. 4 and Richard L. 1 6/12 all MN. He is a son of William Henry Putnam and has been at home in Morrison County up till now. OBITS says he was born June 28, 1899 and died in Red Wing Minnesota in September 1967. The son Richard Lloyd was born September 12, 1928 and will be here till he dies December 3, 1997. The son Robert Adams was born December 22, 1926 and will die in Hennepin County February 22, 1985.

 

CHARLIE PUTNAM  Northfield, Rice County

He is 65 MA MA MA and single. He lives in the Minnesota Odd Fellows Home. There is a record of an Appleton C. Putnam dying here June 6, 1936. I’ll bet it’s the same guy and connected to Charles Appleton Putnam from Salem Massachusetts. I think he is the guy in St, Cloud in 1895, see that listing.

 

EUGENE E. (ELMER) PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He is 72 MN MA MA and his wife Viola Maude Johnson is 63 MN and Bert L. 27 MN. He is the local Postmaster. He is a son of John Elmer Putnam and Nancy Merriman from Sutton, Massachusetts. He was born right here, and will die here later this year on November 21, 1940. Viola will be here until she dies December 1, 1848.

 

EDWIN I. (IRWIN) PUTNAM  Duluth, St. Louis County

He is 23 MN IL MI. He is single and works in a steel plant. He is a son of William Herbert Putnam and Laura Christine Larson. In 1900, the family was in Wayne County Nebraska and in 1910 and 1920 in Douglas County Wisconsin. His brother Floyd is listed next. New England family. OBITS has Edwin born September 24, 1906 and died in Duluth in June 1983. He will marry Madeline Waller in 1937 and they are here in 1940 with 2 kids.    

 

FLOYD A. (ARTHUR) PUTNAM  Duluth, St. Louis County

He is 27 NE IL MI. His wife Ethel Mae Turner is 23 MI. They were married here August 28, 1929. He is a truck driver for a lumber company. See the above listing for his brother Edwin. Floyd was born September 22, 1902, and will be around until he dies here on February 9, 1975.

 

FRANK E. (EDWIN) PUTNAM  Duluth, St. Louis County

He is 44 WI WI WI and a merchandise salesman. His wife Mabel Hazel Mann is 23 MI MI MI (married at age 16) and they have Francis Junior 5 MN, Viola M. 3 MN and Marjorie I. 10/12 MN. He is a son of Ephraim Putnam and Clara Mandana Mapes and was born in Chippewa County Wisconsin May 30,1885. His dad died in 1896 and he was with his widowed mother Clara in 1900 and 1910 in Chippewa County. OBITS has his birth as May 30, 1885 and death in Mora Minnesota in April 1966. New England family out of Vermont.

 

HARVEY H. (HERBERT) PUTNAM  Duluth, St. Louis County

He is 32 NE NE MI. His wife Blanche C. Lang is 22 MN and they have Harvey H. Jr. 3 MN. He was single here in 1920 and has been married a little over 4 years now. He is a son of William Herbert Putnam and Laura Christine Larsen. He was born in Plum Creek, Wayne County Nebraska, and was there with his folks in 1900 and 1910. He married Blanche June 24, 1924. He was married to Evelyn Jones sometime in the early 1920s. He was born November 27, 1897 and will be here in Duluth till he dies July 12, 1973. Blanche is by herself in St. Paul in 1935 and 1940 and still in 1950, working as a waitress in a cafe. Says she is married, but…

 

WILLIAM H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Duluth, St. Louis County

He is 62 MI PA NY. His wife Frances Curry is 60 WI. He is an agent for the railroad. He is a son of Abraham and Mary Putman from Ingham County Michigan. He was home there in 1870 and 1880. In 1900 he was married in Jackson County Wisconsin. In 1910 they were in Barron County Wisconsin and here in Duluth in 1920. Frances will die here December 10,1931. William will later go out to Washington and be near his son Daniel. He will die there at age 94 on November 25, 1959 in Spokane, Washington. His son Daniel is out there now.

 

CLEMENT PUTMAN  Stuntz, St. Louis County

He is 56 MI MI MI and his second wife Emma Hartenth ‘Tenia’ Johnson 41 AR but is really Sweden as shown in 1940. State records have him being married first to Agnes Murray who died here in the County March 30, 1908. They had two sons Francis Joseph born October 23, 1903 and William James born December 1, 1904. He and Agnes and those kids were in Duluth in the State 1905, but haven’t seen him since. Clem will die here January 1, 1942, probably earlier but had to wait out the holidays to get recorded. He applied for Social Security in April 1937 and gave his birthdate as February 13, 1872 in Bay City, Bay County Michigan, and said his father was named Clement and mother Mary Brabo. Tenia by the way was born in Sweden about 1887 and first married Emil Gustof Wendt about 1905 and had two kids. Also Tina has a separate listing with her son Roy Wendt in Hibbling, St. Louis County now in 1930. Says she was divorced and is a seamstress at a department store. Her ex-hubby Gustof is in Cleveland, Ohio with their other kids in 1940.

 

FLOYD PUTNAM  Eden Valley, Stearns County

He is 41 MN MN WI. Rose Dougherty his wife of 10 years is 46 MN. He is a dentist. He is a son of Frank Putnam and Hannah Robinson from Otter Tail County. He was there in 1910 and married in Meeker County in 1920. He will die in Meeker County December 16, 1950.

 

BEN PUTMAN  Sauk Centre, Stearns County

He is 35 MN MA NY. He says he has been married 4 years but no wife is around. He did marry Helen Liebel July 7, 1926 and they are indeed here in 1935 and 1940. He is a son of Arthur and Jennie from here and was at home in 1920 single. He rents a farm.

 

CLARENCE F. PUTNAM  St. Cloud, Sterns County

He is 37 NY NY NY. His wife Rose is 34 OH and they have an adopted son Jack 6 OH. He is a son of Ira H. Putnam and Louisa Guyette from Warren County New York. Clarence was born there and must have just headed this way. He has been married for 10 years. They were in Yonkers, New York in 1920. He will be married to a Lucille in Whittier, Los Angeles County California in 1935 and then in Salem, Oregon in 1940. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

HOLLIS C. (CHESTER) PUTNAM  St. Cloud, Sterns County

He is 56 MN NY CAN and is a ‘Turnkey’ at the State Reformatory. His wife Marguerite Edith Ayers is 51 MN and they still have Ayers B. (Bowen) 22, Dorothy 19 and Harriet 14 all MN. He is a son of Charles Henry Putnam and Elizabeth Bowen from Wright County. He was here in 1910 and 1920 as well. He will be here until he dies June 19, 1946. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

LEOLA PUTNAM  St. Cloud, Sterns County

She is 23 MN MN MN single and boarding. She is a bookkeeper for the public utility company here. She is a daughter of William Henry Putman from Little Falls Morrison County.

 

F. R. (FREDERICK REYNOLDS) PUTNAM  Morris, Stevens County

He is 63 IA CT NY and his wife Eva Watkins is 61 IA. They were in Cerro Gordo County Iowa in 1900 and here in 1910 and 1920 and will be in 1940. He is a son of William Rodman Putnam and his second wife Martha, and was born in Hardin County Iowa. His dad is from Connecticut but went to New York and married before coming to Iowa. He is real estate investor and developer.

 

HIRAM PUTNAM  Morris, Stevens County

He is 31 MN NH NH. His wife Olive Van Harlog is 30 IA and they have Evelyn 10 MT and Arthur 6 MN. They live with her folks Henry and Agnes Van Harlog from Holland. He is a son of Hiram Putnam and Winnie Williams from Traverse County. He was home in 1910 and with Olive in Flathead County Montana in 1930. Olive was born January 22, 1898 and will die in Grant County July 15, 1968. For what it’s worth, the son Arthur was born August 6, 1923 and will marry Norma Jean Katherine Ulrich August 6, 1949 after he gets out of the Army Air Corps that he served in from 1942 to 1945 or so. He will die in Naples, Florida in February 1992 and Norma Jean will die in Redwood Falls, Minnesota April 25, 2010.

 

GEORGE H. PUTNAM  Tintah, Traverse County

He is 53 NH NH NH and owns a farm. His second wife Jennie Johnson is 40 NORWAY and they have Ada E. 19, Georgia L. 17 and Walter 31 all MN. He was in Stutsman County North Dakota in 1900 with his first wife Jennie Olson, and here in 1910 with Jennie number two. He is a son of Parker Putnam who was here then and in 1920. Traverse County is right on the border of both Dakotas.

 

HIRAM PUTNAM  Tintah, Traverse County

He is 73 NH NH NH and owns a farm. He says he is married, but no wife is around. His married daughter Bertha 43 NH and her husband Harold D. Mack 43 NE are with him. He is a son of Alonzo Whipple Putnam and Hannah Cole. He was home in 1860 in Haverhill, Grafton County New Hampshire. He was married very briefly to Emily Kirkpatrick. She is currently by herself in Minneapolis as Emma and says married just like Hiram does. She is there in 1940 and admits being divorced. Hiram is gonna die July 8, 1936 so he’s not listed in any census then.

                                                                                                                                                                             

EDGAR W. (WORTHY) PUTNAM  Elgin, Wabasha County

He is 56 MN US US and owns a farm. His wife Lelia M. Crawford is 45 MN, Hawley R. 17 MN and Leslie M. 16 MN. He is a son of Charles Putnam and Harriet Irwin from Winona County. Edgar married Lelia August 14, 1907 here in Wabasha County. They were here in 1910 and 1920. He was born February 19, 1874 and will die here May 22, 1955.

 

GEORGE E. PUTNAM  Wabasha, Wabasha County

He is 46 MN NY MI and still single. His widowed mother Rose is 66 MI. There is a nephew Douglas Putnam 21 MN. Douglas is a son of his brother Wallace Charles Putnam from Winona County. He is a son of William Washington Putnam and Rose Stadler from Wabasha County. His widowed mother has been with him since the early 1900s. George was born December 11, 1883 and will die here June 10, 1966.

 

ASAPH PUTNAM  St. James, Watonwan County

He is 93 CAN CAN CAN and in St. James Hospital and Home for the Aged. He will die very shortly on April 12, 1930. He is Asaph Ezra son of Joel Stokes Putnam and Lovilla Church from Leeds, Kent County Ontario. Asaph was born December 2, 1837. He married Julia Ann Stewart November 15, 1863. She was previously married to a Barshaw who died in 1852 and then to a Stewart. Julia died in Chicago February 22, 1875. Asaph married Amanda C. Frisbey in Chicago August 8, 1875. They were there in 1870 and 1880 and here in Madelia, Watonwan County Minnesota by 1900. Amanda was the daughter of Loton Leroy Frisby and Rhoda Mallory and was born in Vermont November 22, 1828. Amanda Married William Francis Cook in Connecticut December 14, 1851. He died August 3, 1852 and she married George Washington Bonham about 1856 and the separated. She married Asaph August 8, 1875. She died here in Watonwan County Minnesota August 30, 1909.

 

WALLACE PUTNAM  Whitewater, Winona County

He is 44 ND MN MI. His wife Grace Gage is 43 MN. Harry and his twin brother Harold are 12 MN, and Joyce 9 MN. He is a son of William Washington Putnam and Rose Stadler from Wabasha County. His family went briefly (1884-86) to North Dakota where Wallace was born. They were all back here in Wabasha County by 1887, and there for the 1900 census. They were here in 1920. He is out of work right now. He is Wallace Charles Putnam born October 7, 1886 and will die here August 12, 1966. Grace was born December 4, 1887 and will die in Wabasha County July 19, 1968. The son Harold William Putnam was born March 25, 1918 and will die in Winona County May 25, 1991. He will marry Lucille Mary Kronebusch here on May 4, 1946. She was a daughter of Jacob Kronebusch and Anna Matilda Zils. She was born February 23, 1925 and will die here June 3, 1985. They will have 2 daughters and a son.

 

EARL R. PUTNAM  Winona, Winona County

He is 47 MN NY IN. His wife Addie Belle Whitlock is 42 MN and they have Harold W. 22 and Belva J. 20 MN. He is a foreman in an auto garage. He is a son of Charles J. Putnam and Harriet Irwin and was born here. His dad just died here January 3, 1928. He will die here December 22, 1948. Addie was born September 21, 1887 and will die here June 1, 1968.

 

ERNEST F. PUTMAN  Monticello, Wright County

He is 44 MN MN MN and his wife Jessie M. Clark is 42 WI and they have Hershel L. 22 ND. He is a son of Eugene Elmer Putnam of Sherburne County. They were in North Dakota in the early 1900s and back here in Chicago County in 1910 and somewhere in 1920. They are in Sherburne County in 1935 and in 1940. Ernest was born October 20, 1885 and will die January 15, 1963.

 

JAY L. (LEROY) PUTNAM  Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County

Jay is 38 MN, his wife Myrtle Ellen Covell is 35 MN and they have James Leroy 6, David Jay 4 MN and Patricia 1 8/12 MN. He is a newspaper publisher. He is a son of James Leroy Putnam and Josephine Vermilya from here in Yellow Medicine County. He was here in 1900 and 1910 and in Chippewa County in 1920. James was a son of Union Putnam and Clarinda Frost. He was born September 29, 1891 and will die in Pinellas, Florida March 31, 1986. Myrtle is a daughter of Albert Freemont Covell and Harriet Adams and was born in Verona, Faribault County Minnesota August 16, 1894 and will die in Willmar, Minnesota July 27, 1983. They were married here March 31, 1923. New England family from New Hampshire to Chautauqua County New York.

 

 

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JULIAN PUTNAM  Anoka, Anoka County

He is 55 MN NY US and works for the railroad. His wife Emma Margaret Johnson is 44 MN and they have Louise 18 MN, Lowell 16 MN, Merrill 15 MN, Willard 12 MN, Leonard 6 MN and Ronald 3 MN. Also here is their married Daughter Julia 22 MN and her husband Olaf Raseland 32 MN and a son Carl Raseland just born. He is a son of Eugene Elmer Putman and Viola Johnson from Big Lake Sherburne County. He has been there through the 1920 and moved over here by 1930. He was born March 15, 1885 and will die in St. Paul (at a hospital) on December 15, 1958. Emma was born April 3, 1896 and will die here in Anoka on October 16, 1977. The son Lowell Martin Putnam was born in Big Lake October 21, 1923 and came here with his folks in 1928. He flew airplanes for the Navy in WWII. He married Eleanor Andrews of Anoka in 1949. He died at a nursing home in St. Cloud March 15, 2009 and Eleanor was still alive at the time.

 

P. T. (PAUL THEODORE) PUTMAN  Mankato City, Blue Earth County

He is 34 MO and his wife Orpha is 26 KS. He is a ‘territory man’ for an implement company. Probably door to door salesman for vacuum cleaners. They were in Kansas City Missouri in 1935. He is a son of William Perry Putman and Lula Jenetta Henslee and was born in Franklin, Greene County Missouri January 23, 1906. He married Mildred Orpha Murphy in Kansas City July 27, 1935. Orpha was born in Kansas October 19, 1913 and will die here in Blue Earth County May 21, 1995. Paul will die here in Mankato October 4, 1979. Southern Putman family South Carolina to Tennessee to Missouri.

 

FRANK H. (HARWOOD) PUTNAM  Federal Dam, Cass County

He is 71 MA MA MA and the Village Postmaster. His wife Jennie Scheicher has died in the last few years. He is Frank Harwood Putnam, born February 1, 1869 in Sutton, Massachusetts. He is a son of Peter Holland and Harriet Augusta Putnam. He was in Duluth, St. Louis County single in 1900, and married here in 1910 through 1930. Frank will die here May 29, 1947. Then there is a Vernon Putnam 17 MN listed as a son. He never appears before. Can’t figure him out. Would guess typo.

 

AVIS PUTNAM  Lindstrom, Chisago County

She is 29 ND MN MN single and now owns a beauty shop. She was here with her parents Ernest Putnam and Jessie Clark in 1920. They had moved to Wright County by 1930. Avis was here by herself in 1930 as well as now. Massachusetts folks.

 

HERBERT G. (GEORGE) PUTMAN  Grand Marias Village, Cook County

He is 51 WI, his wife Ella Larson 43 WI and her brother Wallace Larson 34 WI. He is a commercial fisherman as is Wallace. They were here in 1935. He is a son of Alonzo Sylvester Putnam and Lucretia Catherine Johnson and was born in Sturgeon Bay, Door County Wisconsin September 16, 1888. Alonzo was a son of John Putman and Sarah Barbara Wead from Herkimer County New York. Herb and Ella have been in Chicago since the 1920s. New York Dutch family.

 

ROBERT W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Alexandria City, Douglas County

He is 59 MN MA MN and lists himself as a bank president like his dad and was so in 1930 in Red Wing. His wife Winifred Lewis is 50 MN. He is a son of William Herrick Putnam and his first wife Adeline Rowele. He was born in Goodhue County will die there in 1967. Danvers, Massachusetts folks.

 

FRANK E. (EDDY) PUTNAM  Blue Earth, Faribault County

He is 83 VT VT VT and his wife Sarah Jane ‘Jennie’ Rector is 73 NY. He is still a lawyer. Frank Eddy Putnam is a son of John Henry Putnam (2825) and Alice Augusta Eddy. John Henry was a son of Asher Putnam number 1271. He was a State Senator here in the 1910 time range. He was born January 9, 1857 in Grafton, Windham County Vermont, and will die here July 6, 1944. Jennie was born in Chenango County New York April 10, 1968 and will die here in 1958.

 

RECTOR PUTNAM  Blue Earth, Faribault County

Harold Rector or Rector Harold Putnam is a son of Frank Eddy Putnam and Jennie Rector from here. He is now 45 MN VT NY and his wife of 13 years Esther G. Jorgensen is 44 MN. He is an attorney at law just like his dad. He was born September 3, 1894 and will die in Blue Earth in March 1984. Esther was born September 5, 1894 and will die here November 6, 1984. Vermont folks.

 

JAMES M. (MONROE) PUTNAM  Lura, Faribault County

He is 61 IL MA MA and a farmer. His wife Sina Marie Osmundson is 72 MN NORWAY and Herbert M. 28 IL. He is a son of Horace Thomas Putnam and was born in Chicago. Horace was a son of James M. and Elizabeth Putnam from Ludlow, Massachusetts. They were here since 1920. He was born October 2, 1878 and will die December 30, 1964 here in Faribault County.

 

GAYLE PUTNAM  Red Wing, Goodhue County

He is 33 WI, his wife Opal Dir is 29 NE and they have Phyllis 11 WY and Nancy 10 WY. He is a son of Lester and Grace Putnam from Trempealeau, Wisconsin. He was at home there in 1910 and 1920. He was just married to Opal in Worland, Washakie County Wyoming in 1930. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

NELLIE PUTNAM  Red Wing, Goodhue County

She is 79 NY and now widowed. Nellie Butts has been here since she married William Herrick Putnam here. William is number 3193, son of William Richardson Putnam number 1542. He married Nellie here on July 10, 1894. His first wife Adeline Rowele had died in 1890. He died here on November 26, 1935 and Nellie will on December 14, 1943. William was the bank president here for many years. Massachusetts family.

 

ABRAM PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 87 IL NY NY widowed and living in a hotel. He has been here for ages. He is a son of William Brower Garrett Putman and Martha Elkins, New York.  He was born in Schuyler County, Illinois. His wife Emma Holmes died here September 1, 1928. He’ll be here till he dies January 30, 1941. Dutch family from New York State.

 

ALICE E. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 54 MN ME SWIT and single. She is a mortgage clerk at a national bank. She is a daughter Frank Putnam and Mary Christian from here. She was with her widowed dad here in 1920, and he died here January 7, 1929. Alice will still be single and die here January 26, 1977.

 

AURELIA PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 80 (says 56 in 1930 and 50 in 1910) MN FR CAN and widowed. She has Bernice Putnam 23 MN US US listed as an adopted daughter. She is a nurse. They were here in 1930. She looks to be Lenora Aurelia Morgan the widow of Pliny Dewey Putnam and shown in Tampa Florida in 1910. He died there May 12, 1912 and she came back up here where she was born.

 

BERT D. (CUTHBERT DEVONALL) PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 26 CAN and his wife Helen F. 26 MT. He is an office machine salesman and she a general office worker. His WWII Draft card has him as Bert Devonall Putnam born 25 Jan 1914 in Red Deer, Alberta. His marriage record has him as Cuthbert Devonall Putnam. His folks were Silas Elmer Putnam and Florence Ellis. Silas was in Red Deer Alberta in the 1911 census. He will die here April 20, 1949. OBITS has Florence born December 17, 1880 and dying in Minneapolis in July 1966. They were here in 1935 and he was at home with his folks in Minneapolis in 1920 listed as Cuthbert 5 CAN. His folks are listed further down alphabetically.

 

CAROLINE B. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 73 WI and widowed. She is a servant with the Egan family and was in 1935. She was widowed with her sisters Anna and Maybelle Olson in 1930. Just not sure about her.

 

DOROTHY PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 29 MN single and lodging. She is a public school teacher and was in Puerto Rico in 1935. She looks like the daughter of Hollis Chester Putnam and Marguerite Ayers as shown in St. Cloud in 1920 at age 9 and in 1930 at age 19. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

EMILY KIRKPATRICK PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 72 MN and divorced. She was married to Hiram Morgan Putnam here in 1920 and was a second wife. She was here and Hiram in Traverse County in 1930 both alone, both saying married. Hiram was from New Hampshire, a son of Alonzo Putnam and Hannah Cole from Haverhill, Grafton County New Hampshire. He died here March 31, 1938.

 

ETHEL PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 47 WI and widowed. Her daughters Dorothy 18 MN and Marian 16 MN are with her still. Ethel Irene Temple was married to Roy Warren Putnam here and he died here January 29, 1932. He was a son of Lorenzo and Mary Putnam from here in Minneapolis and Becket, Massachusetts before that. He was born here in Minneapolis on April 14, 1888. Ethel is a daughter of James Temple and Susan Sanderson. She was born June 4, 1893 in Cambria, Wisconsin and will die here July 16, 1953.

 

FRANK H. (HOWARD) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 73 IA NH OH and divorced. He had been married to Maude Pickthal from the 1890s through the 1920. He is a son of Charles Edward Putnam and Mary Ellen Fawcett from Nashua, New Hampshire. He was born in Linn County Iowa in March 1867, and was there with his folks in 1870 and 1880 and with his wife Maude there in 1900 and here in 1920. They were divorced and she and their daughter Eleanor were in Los Angeles in 1930. He was married to Isabel from 1922 trough the 1930 census and now dumped for the second time. He will die here July 21, 1941.

 

FRED W. (WARREN) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 56 MN MA NH and is a lawyer. His wife Margaret Bunting is 51 VA and they now still have at home Mary P. 24 MN, Frederick W. Jr. 22 MN, Grace A. 20 MN, Eleanor L. 17 MN and Elizabeth 13 MN. He is a son of William Herrick Putnam and Adeline Rowle, and was at home in Goodhue County in 1900 and marred there in 1920. His dad was a bank president and now his brother Robert has the job back there. Frederick is widowed here in 1950 and will die here September 25, 1954. Fred Jr. was born June 17, 1917 and died in Edina Minnesota June 7, 2007. He married Helen Prouse and became a Bishop in the Episcopal Church and remained one until his death.

                                                           

GAILE PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 41 WI and his wife Gertrude Mae is 32 WI. He is an assistant manager of a retail drug company or store. Gertie works in a department store. He is Gaile Osro Putnam a son of Frank J. Putnam and Agnes Noteware from Chippewa Falls where he was born May 22, 1898 and was there in 1900 and in Rusk County since then. He will die here in Minneapolis December 6, 1976. Gertrude was born June 21, 1908 and will die June 6, 1971. Family came here from Vermont, and just decided it just wasn’t cold enough for them back East.

 

GEORGE H. (HALL) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 79 MN MA MA and widowed. His daughter Gladys 54 MN is back home and owns a dress shop. He is a bookkeeper for a wholesale grocery store. He is a son of George Whitmore Putnam of Anoka County where he was born. He was here in 1900 and 1910. He married Della Sowden in Anoka December 28, 1884. She died April 15, 1899 and he widowed back in 1900. He then married Lilla Genevieve Hendrixson in 1905. George was born in January 1861 and will die here March 11, 1946. Lilla is a daughter of Henry Roe Hendrixson and Harriett Ellen McMillen and was born in Neville, Ohio January 29, 1867 and died here in Hennepin County June 14, 1933.

 

GEORGINA PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 58 MN divorced and still has her two twin daughters Hattie and May who are 37 MN. In 1910 she and the girls were living with her folks the Hansons from Norway and in Kandiyohi County and they were there still in 1920 and here in 1930. There was an Edward Putnam born in Illinois living alone there in 1900. She must have married him and then the got divorced. She hasn’t tried it again. The girls’ father was born in Illinois and mother in Minnesota. They are office workers. Edward was a son of Christopher Putman from the New York Dutch line.

 

HARRIET PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 70 IL and now widowed. She is living with her married daughter Frances 43 IL and husband Harold Warmington 42 IA. Harriet Miller has been married to Frank Putnam here in Excelsior, Hennepin County from 1910 through 1930. He was a son of Parker Putnam and Laura Austin of Peoria County Illinois. He was home there in 1880 and was in Peoria in 1900 with Hattie and the first two children.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

 

IRVING L. (LORENZO) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 57 MN MA IL single and boarding. He is a carpenter, and a son of Lorenzo David Putnam and Mary Elizabeth Turnbull from here. He is a building contractor with his own company. He was born February 4, 1883 and will be here until he dies April 17, 1947. Family is out of Becket, Massachusetts in the Berkshires.

 

JACK PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 35 NY, his wife Anne 31 RUSSIA and they have Lois 3 MN. Says they were in St. Paul in 1935, but I can’t find him under any spelling of his names.

 

JOSEPH F. (FRANKLIN) PUTNAM  Milwaukee, Hennepin County

He is 41 MN NY MN and a tool repair man in a WPA warehouse. He has been married 19 years to Fern May Cook 37 MN. They have Joseph Jr. 18 MN, Lewis L. 16 MN, Lyle E. 15 MN, Charles L. 13 MN, Fern 11 MN, Clara May 6 MN, Paul 4 MN and Merna 3 MN. He is a son of Joseph Lewis Putnam and Josephine Lydia Leighton from here. He was born here November 29, 1898 and was here with the folks in 1910 and then in 1920 the folks were in St. Paul and I don’t find him then. He married Fern May 28, 1921 and they were here in 1930. Fern is a daughter of Dorsey L. Cook and Clara May Lewis and was born in St. Paul March 16, 1903 and will die in Duluth February 8, 1972. Joe will die here in Minneapolis March 14, 1948. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

KATHERINE PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 29 MN single and lodging. She is an assistant teach at a city high school. She is a daughter of Frank Daniel Putnam and Marie Carolyn Jorgenson and was born in Red Wing, Goodhue County and was at home in St. Paul in 1930 and 1935.

 

KENNETH PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 36 MN and his wife Florence Josephine Barry is also 36 MN. Kenneth Ellery Putnam is a son of Herbert Asa Putnam and Celia J. Oakes from Otter Tail County. His folks died there in the 1920s and he was there in 1930 with his brother Alfred and married Florence there. He is a dockhand with a truck freight company. He was born in Otter Tail County August 6, 1903 and will die here in Minneapolis June 13, 1999. Florence was born in Minneapolis September 17, 1912 and will die here December 2, 2003. New Englanders Massachusetts to Vermont to New York and then out here.

 

LENA B. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 67 MI widowed and living with her married Daughter Ethel M. 46 MI and her husband Robert Clement 42 MN. Lena was married to Frank Hiram Putnam in St. Paul. Frank just popped up in Bay County Michigan with Lena in 1900. No ideas as to his folks though except from New York.

 

LEONA PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 21 MN single and living with her married and now divorced sister Luella M. Gaag 25 MN and her three kids. They are both daughters of Howard Lee Putnam and Mary Sell and were at home in Arlone, Pine County in 1930. Leona Eileen is a waitress in a restaurant here in town. Dutch family from Montgomery County New York then LaSalle County Illinois and here.

 

LOUIS F. (FRANKLIN) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 63 ME. His wife Lillian Mae Clark is 62 MN and Vera their daughter is now is 40 MN. He is a son of Franklin and Emily Putnam and has been here in Minneapolis most all of his life. He is a secretary in a flourmill. Family is from Houlton, Maine.

 

LORETTA PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 31 MN, and married. She has Margaret 13 MN and Robert 7 MN. She lives with her parents John and Luetta Grasse as she was in 1930 and 1935. She was married to Robert Edson Putnam who was also living alone here in Minneapolis in 1930. They got divorced.

 

MARY PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 65 MN and single. She is a public school teacher and lodging. She is a daughter of William Herrick Putnam and Adeline Mary Rowell from Red Wing, Goodhue County where she was born.

 

MARY E. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 81 IL and widowed. Her daughter Edith E. 58 MN is at home. Mary E. Turnbull was married to Lorenzo B. Putnam from Massachusetts. They were here since 1880. He was Lorenzo Junior, and was born in Becket, Berkshire County Massachusetts. He died here in Minneapolis March 23, 1924. Mary was widowed in 1930 and Edith was still unmarried and living with her then as well. Edith is a translator at a local university.

 

MAURICE PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 33 NE, his wife Gladys J. Lillebo is 37 MN and her mother Jenny Lillebo 75 NORWAY is with them. He is a son of George Y. Putnam and Minnie Leighton from here. He was single with his widowed mother here in 1930. He is an editor for a newspaper here in the City. His dad was a son of Hollis Putnam and was born in Will County Illinois. This is a Dutch Putman family from New York State.

 

MAX PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 28 CAN, his wife Anna Marian Kaszkevil is 25 MN and they have Flora 4 MN and Maxine 1 MN. He is a salesman for a honey company. They were married in Duluth in 1935. He is a son of Silas Elmer Putnam and Florence Ellis and was born in Red Deer, Alberta February 14, 1912. The family came from Vermont to Minnesota in the 1850s back to New York in the 1870s then back here. Silas went up into Canada and then into North Dakota in October 1914 and back here once again.

 

MILDRED PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 34 IA and lodging. She is a public school teacher and of course is single. She is a daughter of Dennis Putnam and Mary Callahan. She was in Dallas, Gregory County South Dakota teaching in 1930 and was there with her widowed mother in Tripp County South Dakota in 1920 and Sioux County Iowa before that. Mildred Ellen was born December 14, 1905 and will die in Hennepin County Minnesota December 19, 1989. She will eventually marry, but I don’t have the guy’s name. New Englanders.

 

MYRTLE H. & PEARL J. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

Myrtle is listed as Merta and is 44 MN, her sister Pearl is 30 MN. They are daughters of Joseph Putnam and Josephine Michand from here. Myrtle was married to George Reed here in 1920 and is now divorced and took back her maiden name. Pearl is still single. Myrtle is here in 1940 and says then that she was never married. Joseph’s folks were Hollis and Charlotte Putnam from Montgomery County New York. Dutch family.

 

PERRY PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 30 MN, his wife Bessie Lucille Brundage is 25 MN and they have Perry 7 MN, Barbara 5 MN, Joyce 3 MN and Dale 2 MN. Perry Ephraim Putnam is a son of Hollis Harold Putnam and Josephine Michaud from here. He is a superintendent at a flourmill. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

RICHARD A. (AUSTIN) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 46 IL IL IL and his new wife Margery Lee is 39 MN. There are 2 kids from Marjorie’s prior marriage to Cyril Davey: Phillip Davey 15 MN and Margery Davey 11 MN. He is a son of Frank Hiram Putnam and Hattie Miller originally from Peoria, Illinois where Richard was born. Family has been here since the early 1900s though. In 1920 Richard was with his folks in Excelsior, Hennepin County. His folks are still in Excelsior. He was born October 26, 1893 and will die in Austin, Hennepin County on January 21, 1955. He first married Ruth Heywood in Minneapolis May 24, 1916. They divorced in the 1920s. He was with his folks in 1920, said he was married but Ruth wasn’t around. He then was married to Florence De Montreville here in 1930. She died in an automobile accident December 2, 1936. There is a death certificate for Florence in Lamar, Missouri. It states her folks as Clarence De Montreville and Alice Leppen and she was born in St. Paul, Minnesota March 6, 1893. It states she was divorced at the time of her death. She was killed in an automobile collision on Route 71 in Lamar on December 2, 1936. Her folks were living in St. Louis, and she may have been going there to see them. Richard is a salesman for a wholesale paper company. Marjorie Lee is a daughter of William P. Lee and Margery Wentworth and was born in Cairo, Minnesota in about 1901. They were married in Corson County South Dakota September 24, 1936. Margery will die or they will split, as he will have a third wife Eleanora Hanson. He and Elenora are in Orono, Hennepin County in 1950 with a 2 year old son Richard.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is a printing salesman. He is 33 MN single and lodging. He is a son of Frank Hiram Putnam and Hattie Miller from Excelsior, Hennepin County. He has been there up till now. His dad is a son of Parker Putnam and Laura Austin of Peoria County, Illinois. New England family from New Hampshire to Pennsylvania to Illinois and here.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 34 WI and divorced. He is a salesman for an electrical appliance Company and staying in a hotel here. He is Robert Burchard Putnam a son of Kirk M. Putnam and Martha M. Ellis from here sorta. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1906 and will die here in Minneapolis June 17, 1949. The family was here in 1920 and then in Burbank, California in 1930. Robert stayed here and married Pearl Frances McCarthy. The were divorced in the early 1930s and he was in Los Angeles in 1935 and here now. New England family Massachusetts to Leavenworth, Kansas where he is dad was born and then here.

 

ROBERT & MARJORIE PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

They are twins 27 MN and kids of Robert William Putnam and Winifred Lewis from here. His dad is a son of William Herrick Putnam and Adeline Rowele from Danvers, Massachusetts. His grandfather was president of a Bank and his dad is now the president. Robert Lee is a clerk there and Marjorie operates an elevator in a department store here. They have been in Red Wing, Goodhue County from the 1860s through 1930. He and Marjorie have been here in 1935. Robert Lee was born May 26, 1912 and will die in Hennepin County June 29, 1979. New Englanders.

 

SILAS E. (ELMER) PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is a son of Pliney Dewey Putnam and Laura Gertrude Williams. He is now 66 MN, Florence Ellis 59 ENG. He was born April 12, 1873 in Crow Wing County and in Wright County in 1900. He was in Red Deer Alberta in the 1911 census. He will die here April 20, 1949. Florence was born December 17, 1880 and will die in Minneapolis in July 1966. New Englanders from Vermont.

 

WILLIAM G. (GORDON) PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 38 MN NY NOR and his wife Theresa Marie Kromrey is 36 WI. He is a machinist helper with the steam railroad. He is a son of William Russell Putnam and Anna Stevenson from White Oak, Hubbard County. He was born May 23, 1901 and will die here January 20, 1963.

 

FRED PUTMAN  Caledonia Township, Houston County

He is 62 MN single and an inmate at the Huston County Poor Farm. He is the son of Jacob Putman and Mary Frances Marr of Wautoma, Waushara County, Wisconsin. He was home there in 1880, and in Sayerville, Waukesha County, Wisconsin in 1900, and in Monroe County, Wisconsin in 1910. He never married, and ‘tbeen doing too well it seems. He was here in 1920 and 1930. He was born June 6, 1878 in Wisconsin and will die July 15, 1945. Dutch family.

 

SOLON H. PUTNAM  Park Rapids, Hubbard County

He is 79 NY NY NY and now widowed. His wife Louisa K. Hood has died since 1930. He has been in South Dakota since the 1880s. His wife Julia died there about 1921 or so and he married Louisa out there August 22, 1923. Solon will die in Otter Tail County September 9, 1953. He is a son of Lovell Kimball Putnam and Almira Smith from Peru, Clinton County New York. Lovell was a son of Archelaus Putnam and Deborah Kimball from there and Vermont before that.

 

ANDREW N. (NEWTON) PUTNAM  Rockwood, Hubbard County

He is 66 MN NH WI and owns a farm. His wife Sarah Jane Arnold is 66 CAN. Also here is his widowed father Willard James Putnam is 89 NH. Willard was first in Rice County in 1860 and Douglas County in 1880.  He was born in Hooksett, Merrimack County New Hampshire. Willard is a son of Willard Putnam and Sarah Stearns. Willard has been in Montana for the past 20 or so years and then here in 1930. Andrew will be here till he dies December 5, 1943. Willard will die here February 3, 1941.

 

BERNICE PUTNAM  Cambridge Township, Isanti County

She is 40 ND single and an inmate in the State Epileptic Institution and was here in 1935 too. She was a patient in the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane in St. Peter, Nicollet County in 1930. She is a daughter of Frederick and Lena Putnam from St. Paul. She was with her widowed mother there in 1920. Fred was a son of Sureno James Monroe and Jane Putnam from Jefferson County New York and then Rock County Wisconsin. Family out of Sutton, Massachusetts and then Lewis County New York. Still right here in 1950.

 

HARRIET PUTMAN  Lakefield, Jackson County

She is 24 MN single and lodging. She is a daughter of Hollis Chester Putnam and Marguerite Ayers and was born in St. Cloud, Stearns County. She has been there through 1935. She is a public school teacher. Dutch folks from New York State.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Comfort, Kanabec County

He is 55 MN and has a daughter Rubie 17 MN and son Donald 15 MN. Says he is married and they were all here in 1935. He is a son of Charles Henry Putnam and Elizabeth Diantha Bowen. He was in Pine County with his widowed mother who then died in 1933. They were here in Comfort, Kanabec County in 1900, 1910 and in Pine County in 1920. Dutch Family from New York.

 

JAMES H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Madison City, Lac Qui Parle County

He is 46 IA, his wife Mabel Catherine Hegna 44 SD and they have Paul 16 SD, Eileen 11 SD, Vivian 9 SD, Joan 7 MN and Mary Jane 5 MN. He is a son of Joseph Aloysius Putnam and Ellen Agnes Weir. Joseph is a son of Henri Patenaude from Quebec, Canada. Henry moved to Vermont, married Rose King in Chittendn County Vermont in 1850 and the name was changed to Putnam as there were several in the area. Then they were in Iowa by 1860 and the Putnam name has stuck to this day. Anyway, James was born in Sioux County Iowa December 5, 1893 and will die here in Madison April 2, 1946. He married Mabel November 3, 1920 in Reveille, South Dakota. She is a daughter of Eric Hegna and Martha Skrabeck and was born in Coddington, South Dakota November 8, 1895 and she will die here in Madison many years later on March 27, 1999 at age 103.

 

ERNEST H. (HILTON) PUTNAM  Nassau Village, Lac Qui Parle County

He is 48 SD IL MN and now widowed as Louise has died. He is living with his married daughter Viola 18 MN and her husband Hugh Keturaket 24 ND and his single daughter Dolores Putnam 19 MN is here too. He is a son of Frank Ernest Putnam and Margaret Adelia Houck from Grant County South Dakota where he was born November 6, 1891. He will die here in Lac Qui Parle December 26, 1940. New England folks out of Vermont then Illinois.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Little Falls, Morrison County

He is 73 MN MA MA. His wife Minnie Hatch is 68 MN Leota 24 MN and Mary 19 MN. William Henry Putnam is a son of John Elmer Putnam and Nancy Merriman from Sutton, Massachusetts, and was in Sherburne County from the time he was born through the 1910 census and then here by 1920. He will die here December 15, 1945 and Minnie will be in Minneapolis at a Baptist Home for the Aged in 1950.

 

N. C. (NILES CURTIS) PUTNAM  Lyle, Mower County

He is 61 IA ME PA and his wife Edna M. Cobb is 62 IA. He is a station agent for the railroad. He is a son of George Putnam and Adelia Medbury from Linn County Iowa and was born there May 6, 1879. He and Edna were in Steele County Minnesota in 1905 and in Winneshiek County Iowa in 1920 and then back here now. Edna was born October 14, 1876 and will die August 10, 1971. Niles will die here October 17, 1954. His dad George Cornelius Putnam was a son of Barney and Margaret Putman from Mount Morris, Livingston County New York. Dutch Putmans from New York State.

 

HIRAM M. (MORGAN) PUTNAM  North Mankato, Nicollet County

He is 40 MN NH NH. His wife Olive J. Van Harlog is 40 IA and they have Evelyn W. 10 MT and Arthur W. 16 MN. He is a son of Hiram Morgan Putnam and Winnie Williams from Traverse County. He was home in 1910 and with Olive in Flathead County Montana in 1920 and in Stevens County Minnesota in 1930. Olive was born January 22, 1898 and will die in Grant County July 15, 1968. The son Arthur was born August 6, 1923 and will marry Norma Jean Katherine Ulrich August 6, 1949 after he gets out of the Army Air Corps that he served in from 1942 to 1945 or so. He will die in Naples, Florida in February 1992 and Norma Jean will die in Redwood Falls, Minnesota April 25, 2010.

 

CHARLES PUTMAN  Kalmar Township, Olmsted County

He is 39 MN, his wife Loretta Helen Quandt 35 MN and they have a lodger Alma Presche 40 MN a teacher living with them. He is an adopted son of Charles Putman and Mary Carlson and was born here. He was with his widowed mother here in 1920. He was born September 28, 1900, and will be here till he dies December 21, 1972. He and Loretta were married here October 1, 1925. Loretta is a daughter of Rudolph Herman Quandt And Augusta Antonia Fenske and was born in Mover County November 5, 1904, and will die here September 20, 1986. I do not know his given name, but is dad is on the New York Dutch line of Putmans.

 

LESLIE M. PUTNAM  Rochester City, Olmstead County

He is 26 MN, his wife Anna Deborah Rich is 24 MN and thy have Richard 4 MN. He is a bellman at a hotel. That’s a guy that lugs your suitcase up to your room. Called a bellman or bellhop, because he sits is a side area and waits for the desk clerk to ring the bell on the counter to let him know a new guest needs help. Anyway, he is a son of Edgar Worthy Putnam and Lelia M. Crawford and was born in Elgin, Wabasha County January 2, 1914 and was there through 1930. He married Anna in Olmstead County in 1934. She is a daughter of John Rich and Alma Mueske and was born in Mazeppa, Wabasha County April 7, 1916 and will die here in Rochester September 7, 2001. Leslie will die in Rochester May 26, 2003. They will get divorced I guess, as she will later on marry Kermit Clifford Lestrude. New Englanders.

 

ALFRED T. (TYLER) PUTNAM  Amor, Otter Tail County

He is 38 MN MN MN. His sister Helen is 45 MN MN MN. They are children of Herbert Asa Putnam and Celia Oakes from here. He owns the family dairy farm now. Alfred was born October 19, 1901 and will be here until he dies December 3, 1952. He will marry Helen Evangeline Bergerud here on July 15, 1943. She was a daughter of Hans Bergerud and Ellevine Boe and was born in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County October 17, 1911 and died December 21, 1998. Another Massachusetts family. He owns his farm next to his cousin Samuel.

 

RUTH PUTNAM  Amor, Otter Tail County

She is 26 MN single and lodging. She is a beautician at a beauty saloon. She is a daughter of Samuel and Mary from here and was at home here in 1930 and then in Minneapolis in 1935, probably at beauty school.

 

SAMUEL T. (TYLER) PUTNAM  Amor, Otter Tail County

He is 63 MN MA MA. Mary Clow Petitt his wife is 62 PA and they have Paul Newton 20 MN. He owns a dairy farm. He is a son of Henry Putnam and Caroline Newton originally from Sutton, Massachusetts. He was here in 1900 with his mother who was by then a widow and has been married here ever since. He was born in Minnesota November 17, 1876 and will die here in Amor August 19, 1953.Mary was born November 13, 1877 and will die here in Amor May 5, 1956. Their son Paul was born December 27, 1919 and will join the Army in the Pacific in WWII and will die February 28, 1944. He is buried in the National Cemetery in Hawaii.

 

HANNAH PUTNAM  Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County

She is 73 WI and widowed. She is living with her married daughter Birdella 43 MN and her husband Sylvester Plummer 44 IA. Hannah Robinson has been here married to Frank Shadrack Putnam, Luman’s son. New Englanders.

 

O. F. (OREN FRANK) PUTNAM  Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County

He is 53 MN MN WI and is a farmer. His wife Minnie M. Larson is 52 MN and Frank S. 21 MN. Also here is their now married daughter Aileen 23 MN and her husband Theodore Schoen 22 MN. He is a son of Frank Putnam and Hannah Robinson from here. Oren was born here November 18, 1886. He married Minnie July 31, 1912. She is a daughter of Olaf Larson and Margaret Nelson and was born June 12, 1887 in St. Cloud and will die here in Pelican Rapids July 28, 1982. Oren will die here as well but on January 19, 1960. His dad was from Wright County. New England folks.

 

WORTHY L. (LUMAN) PUTNAM  Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County

He is 47 MN MN WI and owns a farm. His wife Florence Amanda Schreiner is 47 MN and they have Worthy Luman Jr. 23 MN, Lois R. 19 MN and Beth F. 13 MN. Worthy Junior’s wife Joan Rosalie Grina is 22 ND and they have Robert W. 1/12 MN. He is a son of Frank Putnam and Hannah Robinson and was born here November 20, 1892. Worthy will die here June 21, 1954. Florence is a daughter of Jacob Franklin Schreiner and Emilu Lunsten and was born in Minnesota August 28, 1892 and will die in Lincoln, Nebraska July 30, 1893. Worthy Junior was born April 16, 1917 and just married Joan October 26, 1939. Joan is a daughter of Andrew O. Grina and Lillie Isador Carter and was born in Ambrose, Divide County North Dakota February 11, 1918. She will die in Seabrook, Harris County Texas November 22, 2000. He will die in Houston, Harris County Texas October 6, 1977, and be buried back here in Pelican Rapids. New England family. Sutton, Massachusetts to Stockton, New York and out here.

 

HOWARD L. (LEE) PUTNAM  Arlone, Pine County

He is 59 MN MN MN and owns his farm. His wife Mary Sell is 50 MN and they now have Floyd E. 23 MN, Lester R. (Russell) 19 MN, Eugene H. 16 MN and Florence E. 12 MN. He is a son of Charles Henry Putnam and Elizabeth Bowen. Lee and Mary were in Kanabec County in 1910 and here since 1920. Pine and Kanabec Counties abut each other up in the middle of nowhere. Howard was born March 24, 1881 in Wright County and will die June 4, 1967 in Mora, Kanabec County. He married Mary January 12, 1907. She was born May 18, 1889 and will die in Brook Park here in Pine County June 23, 1970. Lester was born March 31, 1911 and will die October 17, 1997. Floyd E. will die in Meeker County December 16, 1950. Eugene was born July 30, 1923 and will die in Auburn, California in 1994. Dutch family out of Montgomery County New York then LaSalle County Illinois and here.

 

EUGENE PUTNAM  Bruno Township, Pine County

He is 21 MN living and working on Jasper Hill’s farm. He is a son of Howard Lee Putnam from nearby Arlone. Eugene Harold was born July 30, 1923. He will marry twice (I don’t have their names) and die in Auburn, Placer County California May 12, 1994.

 

FRANK R. (RANSOM) PUTNAM  Bruno Township, Pine County

He is 54 MN (58 WI) NY CAN. His wife Helen Eager is 45 MN and daughter Shirley 17 MN. Frank is the son of Fred Putnam and Cynthia Eldridge. He was born March 15, 1881 in Poysippi, Waushara County Wisconsin. He is never shown at home but his parents are in Richfield, Wood County, Wisconsin in 1900. New England gang. He was single in Rock County Wisconsin in 1900 and is married here in Hennepin County in 1910, 1920 and 1930. He will die back in Parkers Lake, Wisconsin October 20, 1951. He married Helen Mary Eager in Minneapolis September 25, 1911.

 

ARNOLD L. (LEWIS) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 39 NE, his wife Ruth Beattle 37 MN and they have Robert 12 WI and Donald 5 MN. Ruth’s widowed dad Alfred Beadle (should be Beattle I think) 74 ENG. He is a son of William Herbert Putnam and Laura Christine Larson and was born in Wayne, Nebraska November 1, 1900 and in Superior, Wisconsin in 1910 and 1920. He married Ruth in St. Paul May 19, 1924 and they were in Superior in 1930. Ruth was born June 1, 1903 in St. Paul and will die in St. Paul October 25, 1989. Arnold will die here May 18, 1987. Family came out of Danvers, Massachusetts to Brattleboro, Vermont to Oneida County New York then Bureau County Illinois.

 

ASA PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 77 IL NY NY and a real estate salesman. His wife Ella Verne Waters is 67 IL. Also here is his son Delano 43 IL and his wife Helen Krohne  is 27 ND and they have John Wesley 18 MT, Charles M. 17 ND, Aaron 15 ND and Ira 12 ND. He is a son of Aaron Putnam and Sarah Tenney originally from New York and New Hampshire before that. The family was in Livingston County, Illinois in 1900 and 1910 and then in Richland County, North Dakota in 1920 and Fargo in 1930. Asa was born in January 1861 and will die in Minneapolis (in a hospital) February 14, 1945. Ella was born in Ogle County Illinois March 14, 183 and will die here in St. Paul May 28, 1943. The son Delano Wellington Putnam was born in Livingston County Illinois January 11, 1897 and will die in Stearns County Minnesota April 17, 1963. New England line Massachusetts to New Hampshire to New York, Illinois and here.

 

BLANCHE C. PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

She is 33 MN lodging and says she is not only married but was here in 1935. She is a waitress at a cafe. She should be Blanche C. Lang who married Harvey Herbert Putnam June 24, 1924 and was with him in Duluth, St. Louis County in 1930.

 

CHARLES H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 71 MA MA MA and his wife Mary Barnard Clark is 68 MA MA MA. He is a car builder for the railroad. Doing okay I guess as he has a maid and a cook. He is a son of Henry Osmere Putnam and Sarah Ann Smith. He was born in Fitchburg. He married Mary in St. Paul in 1901, and they were in Spokane, Washington in 1910 and 1920. He will die in St. Paul in 1948. He and Mary took a boat trip down the River to New Orleans in 1939. Record says he was born in Fitchburg September 14, 1868 and Mary was born in Dorchester (part of Boston) August 20, 1871. They also took a boat to Bermuda in October 1933. At that time they lived at 467 Holly Avenue in St. Paul. Mary is widowed here in 1950.

 

DAVID R. (RAMSEY) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is now 55 OH, his wife Bess Whipple is 54 MN and they have David Ramsey 19 MN, John Douglas 14 MN and a maid Lorraine Thompson 20 MN. He is a superintendent of a heating and light company. He is a son of David Edgerton Putnam and Susan E. Ramsey and was born in Columbus, Ohio December 27, 1884 and will die here in St. Paul October 24, 1968. Bess is a Putnam of sorts. Her folks are Lois Henry Whipple and May Nary Putnam who was a daughter of George Putnam from Marietta, Ohio. New England family Massachusetts to Ohio.

 

DOUGLAS PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 79 OH OH WV and widowed. He is treasurer for a corporation. His wife Florence Boyd died here September 16, 1938. He is a son of Benjamin Perkins Putnam and Lydia Elizabeth Edgerton and was born November 19, 1860 in Marietta, Ohio. He will seek warmer climes and die in Los Angeles, California July 1, 1958.

 

FRANK D. (DANIEL) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 63 MN and manages a furniture store. His wife Marie Carolyn Jorgenson is 58 MN and they have Ruth C. 22 MN and Susanne 21 MN. He is a son of William Herrick Putnam and his first wife Adeline Rowle from Red Wing, Goodhue County. He was born there September 28, 1877, and was there in 1900 through 1920 and then here in 1930. He married Marie there April 20, 1904. She was born in Red Wing August 29, 1883 and will die in Minneapolis July 7, 1976. Frank will die there October 1, 1952. They are across the river in Minneapolis in the 1950. His dad came out here from Danvers, Massachusetts. New Englanders of course.

 

FRANK P. (PIERCE) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 74 IL IL WI and divorced. He is a son of Marvin K. Putnam and Ann Gennette Wheeler from Winnebago County, Illinois. Marvin was a son of John Wellington Putnam and Minerva Scott from New York and then here in Winnebago County. Marvin died there March 25, 1866. His widow Hettie married Seymour Barker in 1868 and Frank was with them in Winnebago County in 1870 and Freeborn County Minnesota in 1880. Frank and his wife Sadie Bennett were here in 1900 through 1920 and divorced by 1930. He will be here until he dies in 1942.

 

FRED A. PUTMAN  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 52 NE US US and his wife Olga is 53 GERMANY. He is assistant manager of the Public Works Department. He is a son of Willis Emery and Anna Manger from New York and was with then in 1900 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. He and Olga were just outside Minneapolis in 1920. OBITS has his birth as July 18, 1887 and death here in St. Paul on October 15, 1967. Olga was born April 7, 1886 and will die here in St. Paul May 15, 1968. Dutch family out of Ontario County New York and Montgomery County before that.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 36 IN and his wife Gail Margaret Bidlemen is 30 MN. They have James 3 MN. Her widowed mother Nellie Bidleman 67 MN is here too. He is George Force Putnam a son of Charles Walter Putnam and Daisy Deane Frederick. They were married in Indiana in 1899 and were there in Floyd County in 1900, and George was born there February 28, 1904. The family then headed out to Iowa. His dad died in Iowa in 1926 and Daisy moved up here. George was with her here in 1930. Gail was born here in St. Paul August 27, 1909 and will die out in Santa Ana, Orange County California February 3, 1884. George will die there September 27, 1978. New England family from Massachusetts to Monroe County New York and out west.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 35 WA, his wife Jean Eskine Coons 31 MN, and they have Mary 3 MN and Ruth 9/12 MN. He is Henry Homer Putnam, a son of Charles Henry Putnam and Mary Barnard Clark. His folks were married here in St. Paul in 1901 and then went to Spokane, Washington where he was born July 6, 1905. They were all there in 1910 and 1920 and then back here in 1930. Henry was in Lyons, Illinois in 1930 and here by 1935. He will die here in Ramsey County September 22, 1988. His folks are here in St. Paul. His dad is from Fitchburg, Massachusetts. New England folks.

 

HENRY O. (OAKES) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 47 MN, his wife Hazel Bacon 44 NE and they have Mary Celia 13 SD and Herbert B. 11 CA. He is a secretary for a Crop Improvement Association. He is a son of Herbert Asa Putnam and Celia Oakes from Otter Tail County. He was home there in 1920 and all over in the nine years that they were married and back in Filmore County Minnesota in 1930. Then they were in Bismark, North Dakota in 1935 and now here. Whew. He was born in Otter Tail County November 12, 1892 and will die here in St. Paul November 21, 1981. He married Hazel about 1921. She was born in Nebraska November 11, 1895 and will die here August 13, 1960. Henry will then marry Esther B. Hayes here September 29, 1962. She was born in Minnesota about 1903 and I don’t have a death date for her. Family came out here from Massachusetts in the 1850s.

 

ISRAEL PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is a Negro 70 WI and widowed. He was here in 1930. He is a barber. He will die here September 24, 1944.

 

JOHN S. (STANLEY) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 32 MN and his wife Eleanor G. Berg is 24 MN. He does clerical work for a chain grocery store. He is a son of William Henry Putnam and Minnie Jane Hatch and was born in Big Lake, Sherburne County January 26, 1908. Part of the line John Elmer Putnam brought out from Sutton, Massachusetts.

 

LILLIAN PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

She is 75 CAN widowed and an inmate at the Twin City Home for people 41-80. She was here in 1935. I don’t find her in 1930 but in 1920 she was here married to Edwin Caleb Putnam. She is Lillian Aurelia Boyington. Edwin was a son of Edwin Lombard Putnam and Emaline Wright. He died here February 24, 1937.

 

LUCIUS PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 26 MN, his wife Elizabeth is 25 MN and they have Michael /12 MN. He is a son of David Ramsey Putnam and Bess Whipple and was born here June 19, 1913 and will die here July 15, 1993. He is a general office clerk in a meat packing plant. Massachusetts family that went to Ohio and then out here.

 

PEARL & RUTH PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

Pearl is 57 (think 64) MN and Ruth 48 (think 53) MN. They are unmarried daughters of James Leroy Putnam and Josephine Vermilyea who were in Yellow Medicine County in 1900 and divorced by 1910. Josie and the girls were here in 1930. Ruth was born May 22, 1885 and will die here February 15, 1969. They never married and are here in 1950. Pearl will die here November 25, 1952.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 24 ND and his wife Mary Elizabeth is 22 MN. His dad George Fred Putnam 48 MN and his sister Louise Putnam 18 MN are with him. He is a son of George Frederick Putnam and Hazel Louise Moody from here in 1930 and in Richland County North Dakota in 1920. George was born June 10, 1891 in Tintah, Traverse County Minnesota and will die in Mendota Heights, Dakota County Minnesota October 31, 1945. His mother Hazel was born in Richland County South Dakota in February 1892 and died here August 5, 1938. Robert was born in Wahpeton, Richland County North Dakota April 21, 1917 and will die here in St. Paul October 26, 2008. Robert is a salesman for a chemical manufacturer. George’s dad was Hiram Putnam from Haverhill, Grafton County New Hampshire.

 

SIDNEY U. (ULYSSES) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 40 MN MN MN and still a salesman for a wholesale bakery. His wife of 18 years Mina E. Adams is 41 MN and they have Jane or Jeanne M. 15 MN, Robert A. 13 MN and Richard L. 11 MN. He is a son of William Henry Putnam and has been at home in Morrison County up till 1930. He was born June 28, 1899 and will die in Red Wing, Goodhue County Minnesota in September 1967. The son Richard Lloyd was born September 12, 1928 and will be here till he dies December 3, 1997. The son Robert Adams was born December 22, 1926 and will die in Hennepin County February 22, 1985. He married Mina April 8, 1922. She is a daughter of Joseph Asher Adams and Eda Mary Walsh and was born in Fort Ripley, Morrison County August 25, 1898 and will die in Red Wing May 27, 1962. Family goes back to John Elmer Putnam and Nancy Merriman who came out here from Sutton, Massachusetts in the early 1950s.

 

WILLIAM A. (ALLISON) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 48 IA and his wife Cora E. 48 OH. They were in Minneapolis in 1935. He works in the City Auditorium. He is a son of Edwin Harvey Putnam and Martha Evaline Windell Putnam from Allamakee County Iowa (1900) and then in Winneshiek County Iowa by 1910 after his parents got divorced. He and Cora were in Flint, Michigan in 1930. He was born in Pottsville, Iowa December 18, 1891 and will die in Hennepin County Minnesota September 26, 1978. Cora was born in Ohio November 1, 1887 and will die in St. Paul January 20, 1971. This line goes back to Massachusetts.

 

LESTER R. (RAYMOND) PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He is 39 MN, his wife Gladys Marie Stumbo is 37 IA and they have Ellsworth Eugene 18 MN, Metris Laree a daughter 16 MN, Beverly Mae 11 MN, Donna Vick 9 MN and Jerry Lee 6/12 MN. He is a clerk in the Post Office. He is a son of Elmer Eugene Putnam and Viola Maude Johnson from here. He was born here June 4, 1900 and married Gladys in 1921. She was born July 5, 1902 and will die in Wright County January 9, 1990. Lester will die in Monticello, Wright County December 11, 1956. His dad was a son of John Elmer Putnam and Nancy Merriman. New England family out of Sutton, Massachusetts.

 

VIOLA M. PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

She is 71 MN and now widowed. Her son Bert L. 36 is still at home. Viola Maude Johnson has been here married to Eugene Elmer Putnam forever. He was a son of John Elmer Putnam and Nancy Merriman from Sutton, Massachusetts. He was born right here, and died here on November 21, 1930. Viola will be here until she dies December 1, 1848. New Englanders of course.

 

ERNEST PUTNAM  Elk River Village, Sherburne County

He is 54 MN and his wife Jessie M. Clark is 54 WI. He is a son of Elmer Eugene Putnam and Viola Johnson of Sherburne County. They were in North Dakota in the early 1900s and back here in Chicago County in 1910, somewhere in 1920 and Wright County Minnesota in 1930. Ernest was born October 20, 1885 and will die January 15, 1963. Their son Herschel lives next door or probably in the same house. New England family from Massachusetts.

 

HERSCHEL L. (LAMONT) PUTNAM  Elk River Village, Sherburne County

He is a worker on a WPA construction project. He is 32 ND, his wife Edith Peterson is 31 MN and they have Donald W. 2 MN. He is a son of Ernest Putnam here in town. New England family.

 

AYERS B. (BOWEN) PUTNAM  Haven Township, Sherburne County

He is 37 MN and his wife Audrey Lorraine Hoskins is 26 MN. They were in different places in 1935 so just got married about 1936 or so. They have Sherwood 3 MN, Sheldon 2 MN and Ames W. 1 MN. He owns and operates a farm. He is a son of Hollis Chester Putnam and Margaret Edith Ayers and was born in Fair Haven County April 23, 1902 and will die is Sherburne County June 13, 1963. Audrey was born in Minnesota November 22, 1913 and will die January 24, 2003 in Eden Prairie, Hennepin County. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

DONALD PUTNAM  St. Cloud, Sherburne County

He is 20 MN single and an inmate at the Minnesota State Reformatory. In 1920 and 1920 he was at home in Minneapolis with his folks Hollis and Josephine Putnam. In 1935 he was in Arkansas City, Sumner County Kansas and then I guess did a no-no and is under lock and key for it.

 

WILLIAM S. (STUART) PUTNAM  St. Cloud, Sherburne County

He is 43 WI, his wife Catherine R. Long is 41 MN and they have William S. Jr. 12 MN. He is a son of William Henry Putnam and Minnie Jane Hatch from Rice Lake, Barron County Wisconsin where he was born May 2, 1895 and then here in Big Lake, Sherburne County by 1900. He married Catherine October 28, 1921. He will be in Stearns County later and die there October 22, 1968. He’s part of the John Elmer Putnam family that came out here from Sutton, Worcester County Massachusetts.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Duluth, St. Louis County

He is 54 CAN with a new wife Louise 34 ND. They have Charles 4 ND and Wendell 1 MN. Also there is a niece Ruth Ewart 22 CAN with them. They were all in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1935. He manages a retail clothing store. He was single in Page County North Dakota in 1910 and married to Geneva Thompson in Grand Forks in 1920. She died there August 30, 1929 and he was widowed there in 1930. He married Louise around 1934 or so. I think he is a son of Peter Putman and Jane Secord from Dorchester, Middlesex East Ontario. He was at home there in 1901. Dutch Family from New York and then Canada.

 

EDWIN I. (IRWIN) PUTNAM  Duluth, St. Louis County

He is 32 MN, his wife Madeline Waller is 24 MN and they have sons Terry 2 MN and Ernest 1 MN. He works in a steel mill as he was in 1930. He is a son of William Herbert Putnam and Laura Christine Larson and was born in Barker, Carlton County Minnesota September 24, 1906. The family was in Wayne County Nebraska and in 1910 and 1920 in Douglas County Wisconsin. Edwin was single here in 1930 and married Madeline in St. Paul February 1, 1937. Madeline was born here in Duluth October 1, 1910 and will die in St. Paul September 12, 1987. Edwin will die in St. Paul June 19, 1982. New England family out of Massachusetts to New York to Illinois and the Dakotas.

 

FLOYD A. (ARTHUR) PUTNAM  Duluth, St. Louis County

He is 37 NE IL MI. His wife Ethel Mae Turner is 33 MI. They were married here August 28, 1929. And now have Robert F. 9 MN, Wayne H. 5 MN, Helen M. 4 MN and Charles B. 1 MN. He runs a coal and hardware store. He is a son of William Herbert Putnam and Laura Christine Larson and was born in Wayne County Nebraska September 22, 1902 His brother Edwin is listed above. Floyd was born September 22, 1902, and will be around until he dies here on February 9, 1975. Mae was born in Nebraska July 4, 1906 and will die in Lincoln, Nebraska February 9, 1989. New England family out of Massachusetts.

 

WILLIAM H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Duluth, St. Louis County

He is 75 MI PA NY and widowed. His wife Frances Josephine Curry died here December 10, 1931. He is now a retired agent for the railroad. He is a son of Abraham Putnam and Mary Blazier from Ingham County Michigan. He was home there in 1870 and 1880. In 1900 he was married in Jackson County Wisconsin. In 1910 they were in Barron County Wisconsin and here in Duluth in 1920 and 1930. William will later go out to Washington and be near his son Daniel. He will die there at age 94 on November 25, 1959 in Spokane, Washington. His son Daniel is out there now. Big problem is not sure who Abraham belonged to. Would guess New Englanders,

 

WILLIS A. (ARTHUR) PUTMAN  Duluth, St. Louis County

He is 50 MN (actually ND) single and lodging. He is vice president and cashier for a National Bank. He is a son of William Putman and Mary O’Hern from here. He was born February 19, 1889. He has been single all his life, but will marry Dorothy Mason Tart here in 1946. A guess is that his dad William is a son of Jacob Putman and Louisa Corey as shown in 1870 in Barrington, Yates County New York. If so, New York Dutch Family.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Rice Lake, St. Louis County

He is 54 WI. His wife Mabel Hazel Mann is 33 MI and they have been married 16 years. They have Francis Jr. 15 MN, Viola M. 12 MN, Marjorie I. 10 MN, John 6 MN, James 4 MN and Patricia 2 MN. He is a son of Ephraim Putnam and Clara Mandana Mapes and was born in Chippewa County in May 1885. His dad died in 1896 and he was with his widowed mother Clara in 1900 and 1910 in Chippewa County. He and Mabel were nearby in Duluth in 1930. New England family out of Vermont.

 

CLEMENT PUTMAN  Stuntz, St. Louis County

He is 68 MI and his wife Tina 53 Sweden. He says he got as far as 7th grade and not doing anything now.. He was a railroad engineer in 1930. He is a son of Clement and Emily Putman from Ontario and Quebec and was born February 13, 1872 in Bay City, Michigan. Emma Hartenth ‘Tenia’ Johnson is his second wife. He was married in Duluth, St. Louis County to Agnes Murray in 1905. Tenia by the way was born in Sweden about 1887 and first married Emil Gustof Wendt about 1905 and had two kids. Also Tina has a separate listing with her son Roy Wendt in Hibbling, St. Louis County now in 1930. Says she was divorced and is a seamstress at a department store. Her ex-hubby Gustof is in Cleveland, Ohio with their other kids in 1940.

 

FLOYD E. (EDWARD) PUTNAM  Eden Valley, Stearns County

He is 51 MN MN WI. Rose Florence Dougherty his wife is 65 MN. He is a dentist. He is a son of Frank Shadrack Putnam and Hannah Robinson from Otter Tail County. He was there in 1910 and married in Meeker County in 1920 and then here in 1930. He will die in Meeker County December 16, 1950. New England family that went to Chautauqua County New York and then out here in the 1850s.

 

ARTHUR C. PUTNAM  Sauk Center, Stearns County

He is 83 MA and his wife Jennie Walrath is 74 NY. He is a son of Lorenzo R. Putnam and Mary Helen Thayer and was born in Becket, Massachusetts September 15, 1856. He married Jennie in Minneapolis August 19, 1885. They were in Minneapolis in 1900, in Wright County in 1910 and here ever since. He will be here until he dies July 13, 1940. Jennie is a daughter of Anthony Walrath and Lavinia Klock and was born in Herkimer County New York January 18, 1866. She will die in St. Louis County Minnesota December 27 1956.

 

BENJAMIN PUTMAN  Sauk Centre, Stearns County

He is 45 MN MA NY and his wife Helen Josephine Liebel is 32 MN. They have Leanella 9 MN and Darwin 5 MN. He is a carpenter with a building contractor. He is a son of Arthur C. Putnam and Jennie Walrath and was born in Minneapolis October 16, 1894. He married Helen July 7, 1926. She is a daughter of Edward Harry Liebel and Margaret Hanaver and was born here in Sauk Centre January 21, 1908 and will die in Bellflower, Los Angeles County California January 27, 1985. Ben will die there February 24, 1975. He dad is from Becket, Massachusetts as was his grandfather Lorenzo Putnam.

 

HOLLIS C. (CHESTER) PUTNAM  St. Cloud, Sterns County

He is 66 MN NY CAN. He was a Turnkey at the State Reformatory, but is unemployed now. His wife Marguerite Edith Ayers is 61 MN. He is a son of Charles Henry Putnam and Elizabeth Bowen from Wright County. He was here in 1910 and ever since. He was born in Wright County April 1, 1874 and will be here until he dies June 19, 1946. He married Margaret here January 2, 1901. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

FRED R. (REYNOLDS) PUTNAM  Morris City, Stevens County

He is 72 IA, Eva Watkins 70 IA. They were in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa in 1900 and here in 1905 and on. He is a son of William Rodman Putnam and his second wife Martha Reynolds, and was born in Hardin County Iowa in September 1867. His dad is from Connecticut but went to New York and married before coming to Iowa. They were here in 1930 too.

 

VERA PUTNAM  Long Prairie Village, Todd County

She is 35 SD and widowed. She has Doris 10 ND, Everett 9 ND, Evelyn 8 ND and Henrietta 6 ND. Ellen Elvira Pryor married Henry Tyler Putnam in La Moure County North Dakota January 12, 1929. He was a son of Henry Eugene Putnam from Sutton, Massachusetts and was born in La Moure County June 12, 1889 and he died there September 12, 1933. Vera and the kids came over here in 1934 and were here in 1935. She will marry Clyde Wendell Garlock here on February 5, 1941. She will die in Findley, Minnesota November 10, 1973.

 

CHARLES P. (PARKER) PUTNAM  Tintah, Traverse County

He is 45 MN, Ethel Henrietta Govig 46 MN and they have Doris 21 MN, James 17 MN and Joyce 6 ND. He is a son of Parker and Ida Putnam and was at home here in 1900 through 1920. I don’t find any of them here or North Dakota in 1930, but they were here again in 1935. He was born here June 10, 1894 and will die in Wilkin, Minnesota October 17, 1982. Ethel was born May 7, 1893 and will die March 29, 1967 in Wilkin also. They were married in Willmar, Minnesota June 12, 1917. New England family out of Grafton County New Hampshire and Massachusetts before that.

 

GEORGE H. (HALL) PUTNAM  Tintah, Traverse County

He is 63 NH NH NH and is a mail custodian fro the Great Northern Railway. His second wife Jennie Johnson is 49 NORWAY and they have Roger 8 MN. Jennie operates a boarding house where they live and there are 4 girl public school teachers living here. They used to run a farm. He was in Stutsman County, North Dakota in 1900 with his first wife Jennie Olson who died in 1907, and here since 1910 with Jennie number two. He is a son of Parker Putnam from New Hampshire, who was here then and in 1920. George was born in Piedmont, Grafton County New Hampshire in August 1877 and will die in Hennepin County March 11, 1946. Traverse County is right on the border of both Dakotas.

 

WALTER PUTNAM  Tintah, Traverse County

He is 41 MN and his new wife Katherine Olivia Olson is 30 MN. He is Walter Donald Putnam, a son of George Hall Putnam and his first wife Jennie Olson and was born November 13, 1898 and will die in Wilkin, Minnesota June 5 1961. He was single at home with his dad and stepmom here in 1930, and same in 1935 so married Katherine in the last couple of years. His folks are here in town still. His dad George is a son of Parker Putnam and Mary Ida Henry and was born in Grafton County New Hampshire in 1877 and was out here in the early 1880s.

 

EDGAR W. (WORTHY) PUTNAM  Elgin Township, Wabasha County

He is a son of Charles Putnam and Harriet Amelia Irwin from Winona County. He is 66 MN, Lelia M. Crawford his wife 55 MN, Raymond E. 30 MN, Hawley R. 27 MN. Edgar married Lelia August 14, 1907 here in Wabasha County. They were here in 1910 and on till now. He was born in February 1874 and will die in Olmsted County May 22, 1955. His dad Charles was a son of Pliny Putnam and Flora Edgerton from Chautauqua County New York and Winchendon, Worcester County Massachusetts before that.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Watopa, Wabasha County

He is 56 MN NY MI and still single. He is a son of William Washington Putnam and Rose Stadler from Wabasha County. His widowed mother has been with him since the early 1900s. George was born December 11, 1883 and will die here June 10, 1966.

 

DAISY F. (FREDERICK) PUTNAM  Mahtomedi, Washington County

She is 67 IN IN IN and widowed. She is still living with her unmarried sister Shirley B. Frederick 67 IN. Daisy was married to Charles Walter Putnam in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1910 and 1920. They were married in Indiana January 5, 1899 and in Floyd County Indiana in the 1900 census. Charles died in Iowa January 17, 1923. She was widowed in St. Paul with her sister in 1930. Daisy was born December 21, 1871 and will die in Omaha, Nebraska January 14, 1964. Her sister is an assistant vice president of a bank here. Daisy just came along for the ride.

 

JOYCE PUTNAM  Mount Vernon Township, Winona County

She is 19 MN single and a hired girl with a Speltz family and she also was in 1935. In 1930 she was at home with her folks Wallace Putnam and Grace Gage in Whitewater, Winona County. Her folks are still there now.

 

WALLACE PUTNAM  Whitewater, Winona County

He is 54 ND MN MI. His wife Grace Gage is 52 MN. Harry and his twin brother Harold are now 22 MN. He is a son of William Washington Putnam and Rose Stadler from Wabasha County. His family went briefly (1884-86) to North Dakota where Wallace was born. They were all back here in Wabasha County by 1887, and were there for the 1900 census. They were here in 1920 and 1930. He is a farmer. He is Wallace Charles Putnam born October 7, 1886 and will die here August 12, 1966. Grace was born December 4, 1887 and will die in Wabasha County July 19, 1968. The son Harry William Putnam was born March 25, 1918 and will die in Winona County May 25, 1991. He will marry Lucille Mary Kronebusch here on May 4, 1946. She was a daughter of Jacob Kronebusch and Anna Matilda Zils. She was born February 23, 1925 and will die here June 3, 1985. They will have 2 daughters and a son. Harry Charles was also born March 25, 1918 and will die in Cannon Falls, Goodhue County November 21, 1997.

 

EARL R. PUTNAM  Winona, Winona County

He is 57 MN NY IN. His wife Addie Belle Whitlock is 52 MN. He is a foreman in an implement store whatever that is. Tool shop, hardware or something. He is a son of Charles J. Putnam and Harriet Irwin and was born here. His dad died here January 3, 1928. He will die here December 22, 1948. Addie was born September 21, 1887 and will die here June 1, 1968.

 

LOU PUTNAM  Winona City, Winona County

She is 42 MN and she owns and operates a Lodging House. She says she is married, but the ‘M’ is crossed out and no hubby is here. She is LuLu Waldo. I don’t find her in 1930, but she is here in 1920 married to Herbert Putnam who is a son of Charles Putnam and Harriet Irwin from here.

 

JAY L. (LEROY) PUTNAM  Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County

Jay is 48 MN, his wife Myrtle Ellen Covell is 44 MN and they have James Leroy 16 MN, David Jay 14 MN and Patricia 11 MN. He is still a publisher of a weekly newspaper. He is a son of James Leroy Putnam and Josephine Vermilya from here in Yellow Medicine County. He was here in 1900 and 1910 and in Chippewa County in 1920. They were married here March 31, 1923 and were here in 1930. James was a son of Union Putnam and Clarinda Frost. He was born September 29, 1891 and will die in Pinellas, Florida March 31, 1986. Myrtle is a daughter of Albert Freemont Covell and Harriet Adams and was born in Verona, Faribault County Minnesota August 16, 1894 and will die in Willmar, Minnesota July 27, 1983. New England family from New Hampshire to Chautauqua County New York.